January 8 (Reuters) – Manchester United supervisor Erik ten Hag says sending Marcus Rashford to the bench for self-discipline causes is dangerous however must create a profitable tradition on the membership.

Rashford, who later mentioned he fell asleep and was late for a staff assembly, began in its place in opposition to Wolverhampton Wanderers on New 12 months’s Eve as punishment. He got here for the second half and smashed the win in a 1-0 win for United.

“Perhaps it is a danger, however if you wish to develop one thing to create a profitable perspective and tradition, you need to go this route,” Ten Hag mentioned.

“For those who let[the players]be undisciplined, if they do not observe the requirements, values, guidelines we set collectively – specifically the employees, the gamers and the locker room – then it should come again and blow you within the face as a result of it does not present the self-discipline essential to win a recreation on the sphere.”

Rashford, 25, has reinvented his kind underneath Ten Hag and has scored 13 league objectives in 24 video games up to now.

“That is how they’d react in the event that they had been the proper individual and the proper characters,” Ten Hag added. “With regard to Marcus, I am fairly satisfied that since I’ve identified him for seven or eight months, I can watch for his response.”

United will host Charlton Athletic within the League Cup quarterfinals on Tuesday, earlier than returning to their Premier League battle with rivals Manchester Metropolis in Saturday’s derby.

Reported by Hritika Sharma in Bengaluru

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