Rashford Made His Feelings Clear on Criticism as Scholes Makes 'Disgraceful' Dig

Marcus Rashford has explained why he is more lenient towards the public's opinion over ex-players, having been called out by Paul Scholes.

Rashford joined Barcelona on a season-long loan from Manchester United during the summer transfer window.

He was frozen out of the squad by Ruben Amorim last season, with the star forward spending a spell at Aston Villa before his move to Spain.

Rashford scored his first goals for Barca in his side's 2-1 victory over Newcastle United in the Champions League, but he was dropped from the starting XI for their La Liga fixture against Getafe on Sunday.

Despite his encouraging start at Barca, Scholes admits he finds it hard to be happy for the 27-year-old, branding his attitude at Man United a 'disgrace'.

Marcus Rashford in action against Getafe. Image: Getty

Speaking on The Good, The Bad & The Football podcast, he exclaimed: "I really struggled to feel happy for him, to feel pleased for him.

"Mainly because his attitude, his attitude at United. The time he was leaving, I thought it was just disgrace at United, not trying, basically."

Scholes added: "Look, if you fell out with a manager, then OK, but remember, you've got team-mates you're playing with.

"You've got a massive 80,000 there, whatever it is, every single week that you have to put a bit of effort in.

"The amount of times I saw him at United walking because he wants to leave, I thought his whole demeanour was a disgrace.

"I think he actually quit on Manchester United. And once you quit once, you'll quit again."

Marcus Rashford didn't play for Manchester United again after falling out with Ruben Amorim. Image: Getty

While Rashford hasn't directly responded to Scholes' scathing assessment, he did reveal he gets confused when ex-players come after him.

Discussing criticism from ex-players, the England international said he is more lenient towards the public's perception of him and insists he won't do the same when he retires.

"I'm more lenient towards the public having their opinion because they're not to know but when it's ex-players who know the game, I get confused about it," he told Gary Lineker and Micah Richards on The Rest Is Football podcast.

Asked why, Rashford replied: "I don't know.

"All I know is that when I come to retire, I'm not going to be doing that.

"I don't want to put players down, if anything I want to lift players because ultimately they're going to play better on the pitch.

"At the end of the day we all love to watch exciting stuff on the pitch."