‘Frightening’… Darren Bent shocked by £300,000-a-week Manchester United player

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Darren Bent has given his verdict on Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford.

The former Tottenham Hotspur striker does not seem to be impressed with Rashford.

So, what has Darren Bent said about Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford? Let’s take a look.

Darren Bent critical of Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford

Well, Darren Bent has been speaking about Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford, and he is not impressed at all.

The former Tottenham Hotspur striker has noted that his body language is not always great and wants Rashford to do better.

The talkSPORT pundit made the comments about Rashford in the wake of the forward giving an interview about his commitment to United.

Bent told talkSPORT about Rashford: “I don’t think that people are just attacking him for the sake of it. “He talks about body language but there’s clips all over the place of him and his body language when he plays down the middle and it’s completely different.

“The Rashford from last season hasn’t been there this season so obviously people are going to question it.”

The pundit added: “There’s that many clips around of Barkley doing a pivot and Rashford just walking. I said it at the weekend, the difference his body language playing down the middle to when he plays down the left is frightening.

“It’s like night and day. I know he doesn’t want to play there but you don’t have to tell the whole world that you don’t want to play there.”

My View: Marcus Rashford has to step up his game

In my opinion, Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford has to step up his game. I think that the £300,000-a-week (Spotrac) player has not been in good form this season.

Rashford has made 21 starts and four substitute appearances in the Premier League for United this season. He has scored five goals and given two assists in those games.

Last season, the 26-year-old scored 17 goals and provided five assists in 32 starts and three substitute appearances in the league for Erik ten Hag’s side.

Rashford, who has been urged to leave United, is at the stage of his career where he needs to play well consistently. I understand that the England international is not a natural centre-forward and is best used out wide, but if his manager needs him to play in a certain position, then he has to do his best in that particular role.