Rashford May Need To Leave Man Utd, Rio Ferdinand Opines

Rashford scored a career-best 30 goals across all competitions last season but is yet to hit the same heights this term.

The 26-year-old has just eight goals in 36 appearances this season and has been involved in a number of off-field distractions.

With Manchester United also struggling as a collective, Rashford's spot in England's EURO 2020 squad is not a given.

He has been linked with Paris Saint Germain as a potential replacement for the Real Madrid-bound Kylian Mbappe and Ferdinand believes such a move will bode well for his career.

“I think it’s a pivotal moment in his career now, he’s not a kid anymore,” Ferdinand told Sky Bet’s Stick to Football podcast.

“I think there’s a big decision to make, from him. He’s got to look at who’s around him, who are the external people? Are they the right people?

“Are they enabling him to make excuses for himself behind closed doors? Or are they saying ‘look at yourself and be accountable for what you are doing’?

“He needs to look at that and own that and make big decisions.

“When I left West Ham (for Leeds) I could have gone to Chelsea, that’s probably a club I would have preferred to go to at the time. But the reason I went to Leeds was it was out of London and the external people around me, I needed to get away from.

“He might need to go ‘you know what, I’ll get rid of them and stay in Manchester, or I’ve got leave Manchester and get rid of those people’.”