On Monday, Manchester United said in a statement that the Rashford incident had been dealt with, and that "Marcus has taken responsibility for his actions." The matter was treated as an internal disciplinary incident and has now been closed. ”
Last week, Athletic revealed that Rashford was at the Belfast nightclub on Wednesday and Thursday before taking a sick leave for Friday's training. Ten Hag ruled him out of his squad for Sunday's FA Cup, and was asked a series of questions about him, all of which responded with a "will deal with". The Sun previously claimed that the 26-year-old England striker would be penalised for two weeks' weekly pay, totalling £650,000.
On Tuesday, the Sun, known as the "authority on gossip news" in the eyes of many, revealed more details about Rashford. At 3 a.m., Rashford had been drinking tequila for 12 hours before passing out in a hotel bed and calling in sick a few hours later, the report said.
On those two days, Rashford was on his way to Belfast to visit his friend Ro-Shawn Williams, who had just signed for Northern Ireland club Larne FC.
Sarah, a 30-year-old waitress at a restaurant last Thursday afternoon, served Rashford, who later invited her to a party before sending him back to bed, and throwing a stack of bills on the floor in a delirium. ”
Rashford arrived at the restaurant with two men and two women, and Sara described: "One of the girls was French, very beautiful. She touched his knee, he touched her arm, but you can tell from the conversation that they don't know each other well, as if they have only known each other for a short time. ”
Rashford ordered the perch, and approached Sarataus, asking if there was any fun, "You should go out with us and show us around." ”
The restaurant manager once asked if he could take a picture with Rashford, and Rashford initially refused and later agreed, but only if the manager allowed Sara to leave early so he could reunite with her.
At 5 p.m., Sara (AboveLeaving work early, at 9.40pm, Rashford's bodyguards came to pick her up in a taxi, and she was asked to hand over her phone and not reveal who she was with, or that she was going to **. The taxi took Sara to the Italian restaurant, where Rashford was with his entourage and two other girls. Rashford was dressed in white, wore a diamond-set watch, six or seven silver diamond chains, and two diamond rings. "He's confident, but he's also a little shy," Sara said. He feels like saying, 'I'm a footballer, I have a lot of money and can do whatever I want.' His friends treated him like a god. He told me that he had been drinking all day. They were still drinking tequila, passing a bottle of patron, and he ordered a glass of limoncello. His task was clearly to get drunk. ”
Sarah claimed that a friend of Rashford had reminded him that he had to train the next day, but Rashford said he wanted to go out and play.
After dinner, the group headed to Thompson's Bar, where Rashford got into an argument with the French girl from earlier over accusing him of kissing another girl.
Just after 2am, everyone felt Rashford was too drunk and needed to sleep. As he was leaving, a customer slapped Rashford's **, and the Manchester United striker's bodyguard was upset, "You're going to get him in trouble like that." ”
The group returned to the five-star hotel, and the French girl also wanted to come in, but Rashford threw the French girl's luggage out, and the bodyguards took her away. As for the scene after returning to the room, Sara recalled: "He was so drunk that he picked up his bag and dropped it on the floor and all the cash fell out. It was full of £20 bills and a large stack. I estimate the cash to be between £8,000 and £10,000. Then he fell back to the wall and I had to pick him up and put him on the bed. He's still wearing his clothes, and I think that's how he passed out. He didn't even hide under the covers. ”
At 7am on Friday, Rashford returned to Manchester by private jet to meet the condemnation and punishment of Manchester United.
Last summer, Rashford signed a five-year contract with a weekly salary of 3250,000, with a total contract value of 84.5 million. Before that, he had just broken up with his childhood sweetheart's fiancée. This may have had an impact on his later lifestyle and competitive form. During that time, Ten Hag stressed the importance of professionalism to the team: "When I came to Manchester United, the standard was not right. I have very high requirements for sleep, recovery, and nutrition. ”
During Ten Hag's tenure, Rashford has misbehaved on a number of occasions. In December 2022, he was dropped from the starting line-up for the game against Wolves because he was late for a meeting, but scored the winning goal after coming off the bench and said after the game he understood the manager's decision, "If I were the coach, I would do the same. ”
Marcus Rashford threw a high-profile birthday party after Manchester United's 3-0 defeat to Manchester City in October, with Ten Hag saying at the time: "I spoke to him. This is unacceptable. He apologized. This is an internal affair, and he has the motivation to correct his mistakes. ”
Nine days before that incident, Rashford's brother Dane was in Miami on suspicion of assaulting someone ** (who was later found not guilty), which caused a lot of trouble within the family. The insider said: "Marcus wants to make everyone happy, which makes him very unhappy himself. ”
Over the years, Rashford has been passionate about public welfare and has tried to be a role model, but his actions have failed him time and time again. After the incident, Sutton said: "He felt that no one could touch him. This isn't the first time he's done anything wrong, and he has no respect for his manager and team-mates. He may feel like he'll be out longer than Ten Hag, but he's out of control. Shearer said: "There's definitely something wrong, either it's his personal problem or it's his relationship with the club. He can't always be like this, he can't waste his talent all the time. Someone has to tell him that if he goes on like this, when he retires, he will regret his bowels. ”