Wayne Rooney BLASTS Manchester United's lack of leaders as he says Marcus Rashford was 'never a big talker' and demands senior players tell him to work harder

Wayne Rooney has slammed the lack of leadership in the Manchester United dressing room and says senior players must get more out of Marcus Rashford.

It's been a difficult season at Old Trafford with Erik ten Hag's side finishing a lowly eighth in the Premier League - their worst performance in 34 years.

They failed in the Champions League too but achieved some salvation when they beat Manchester City in last weekend's FA Cup final to make next season's Europa League.

It has put Ten Hag's job under severe scrutiny as part-owners INEOS consider whether to replace the Dutch coach,with Mauricio Pochettino,Thomas Tuchel,Thomas Frank and Roberto De Zerbi names in the frame.

United legend Rooney - the club's record goalscorer - questioned which players are actually driving the team forward.

Rashford's struggles led to him being left out of Gareth Southgate's England Euro 2024 squad

'Towards the end of my career,probably under Van Gaal,is when I started thinking about my career after football,' he told former team-mate Gary Neville on The Overlap.

'Even when I was younger,I always felt that I wanted to stay in the game from a coaching point of view,but I started thinking more seriously about it when Van Gaal came to United.

'I used to sit with Ryan Giggs and he used to analyse the opposition for Louis. I used to sit there a lot and got into it a little bit,and always felt from there that I wanted to do it.'

Wayne Rooney was speaking on The Overlap,brought to you by Sky Bet

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