Erik ten Hag has “sympathy” with Marcus Rashford however careworn he can “do better” amid his poor type for Manchester United.
Rashford quote-tweeted a supportive publish from a fan account on Twitter at 12.36am on Friday morning and wrote: “I appreciate your support! It is abuse and has been for months. Enough is enough.”
The 26-year-old was booed by United supporters when he was substituted in the course of the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley and Coventry gamers have been staggered by his poor efficiency.
Rashford has been disciplined twice by Ten Hag this season for off-pitch actions and he has solely scraped eight objectives, having tallied a career-best 30 final time period. Rashford acquired a steep wage hike with a brand new five-year contract in the summertime however friction has developed between the academy graduate and matchgoers this season.
“I’ve a lot of sympathy for Rashy, of course,” Ten Hag mentioned. “Last 12 months, he had a superb season. I feel the most effective season in his profession, he scored 30 objectives. You see what he’s able to.
“This season, he did not give the performances and folks have been very crucial. We need to again him and everybody ought to again him to get again to the degrees of final 12 months.
“I feel he wants the assist. We all know what he is able to, all of us need to assist and push him. He can do higher than this 12 months. We noticed final 12 months when he was actually sensible.
“I feel the followers are behind us at all times. We are coming into Old Trafford, I heard the reception. Wednesday was louder than I’ve heard. Also away: at all times supportive, backing the group and there’s a excellent connection between the group and the followers.”
Rashford’s place within the England squad for the European Championship is unsure as he solely performed 15 minutes of their defeat to Brazil final month and he was not used within the draw with Belgium three days later.