Marcus Rashford told he doesn't 'deserve' Barcelona transfer as Man Utd legend rages over his 'soul-destroying' behaviour at Old Trafford

Sheringham felt that Rashford speaking about leaving his boyhood club publicly last season was disrespectful to the institution, and he is now hoping that the 27-year-old's proposed move to Barcelona this summer does not materialise.

Speaking to Sky Bet, the Red Devils icon said: "If you assess where Marcus Rashford is at as a professional footballer, you strive as a youngster to get to the very top and play for clubs like Manchester United, and when you’re there, you appreciate it. You don’t throw it away and say you want to leave. I find the whole episode very soul-destroying, compared to the way I was back in the day and how I strove to get the privilege to play for such a huge football club.

"To hear someone talking the way he is talking, saying he wants out – I didn’t like Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang doing that at Arsenal, I thought it was soul-destroying, and I hope Rashford doesn’t get the move that he’s hankering for. From my perspective, if you go from Manchester United to Barcelona, that’s a step up that he hasn’t deserved."

Rashford, along with Alejandro Garnacho, Jadon Sancho, Antony and Tyrell Malacia, are all being tipped to leave Old Trafford this summer. The five out-of-favour stars have been asked by the club to train alone after 5 pm, when the rest of the squad, along with manager Ruben Amorim, have exited the Carrington premises.

Manchester United will face Leeds United in their first pre-season friendly on July 19 in Stockholm, after which they will jet off to the U.S., where they are scheduled to face West Ham, Bournemouth and Everton.