By Alan Hutton

9th Mar, 2022 | 5:00pm

Marcus Rashford: Pundit issues 'massive' Man United claim after exit update - 'he's not happy'

Alan Hutton has insisted Marcus Rashford is “more than capable” of playing for Man United as speculation swirls about a potential Old Trafford exit.

The former Scotland defender, speaking exclusively to Football Insider, claimed the 24-year-old “doesn’t look happy” playing for his boyhood club at present.

According to the Guardian (7 March), Rashford is “considering his future” due to his lack of action and is giving “serious consideration” to asking for a move away from Old Trafford.

Rashford has started none of Man United’s last four league games and has been supplanted by 19-year-old Anthony Elanga in the pecking order.

The England international is out of contract in June 2023, although the Red Devils have the option to extend his deal until 2024.

Hutton suggested the forward is “playing with a massive weight on his shoulders” at present.

“The worry for me is, he doesn’t look happy,” he told Football Insider‘s Russell Edge.

“He looks like he’s playing with a massive weight on his shoulders, at least to me.

“When he first burst onto the scene, he was this happy, young, hungry kid sprinting about – and he was enjoying his football.

“I think he’s at his best when he’s cutting in off the left-hand side, and when I’ve watched him recently, he looks like he’s just trying too hard.

“He’s trying to show people: ‘Look, I am playing well.’

“He needs to get back to playing in that free-spirited way that we first saw with him.

“Obviously there’ll be question marks over his future, and only he’ll know the answers.

“He’s more than capable of playing in this Man United team, but he just looks like a frustrated figure at the moment.”

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