Marcus Rashford addresses abuse he’s received from fans and says ‘enough is enough’

Early on Friday morning, the Manchester United forward answered a fan on X, which was once Twitter.

Marcus Rashford, a forward for Manchester United and England, answered a fan who called the manner he is being treated “cruel” and “absolutely disgusting”.

In a February interview with The Players’ Tribune, the 26-year-old responded to critics who had questioned his professionalism and dedication to his childhood team, Manchester United. Rashford was duly awarded United’s Player of the Year for the 2022–2023 campaign after scoring 30 goals in that period, but he has not been able to duplicate that success this time around.

He has scored eight goals for the Premier League side in 42 games across all competitions thus far, an accomplishment that continues to draw criticism. Along with his performance on the pitch, he also drew criticism for being spotted at a Belfast nightclub only hours before he missed first-team training at Carrington due to illness.

“Listen, I’m not a perfect person,” he said in the interview with TPT. “When I make a mistake, I’ll be the first one to put my hand up and say that I need to do better but if you ever question my commitment to Man United, that’s when I have to speak up.

“It’s like somebody questioning my entire identity, and everything I stand for as a man. I grew up here. I have played for this club since I was a boy. My family turned down life-changing money when I was a kid so I could wear this badge.”

Rashford has faced criticism ever since he responded to those who doubted his dedication to United earlier this year. In reality, he provided an update on his current circumstances on Friday morning at 12:36am.

The way Marcus Rashford is being treated is utterly awful, according to a post made on the social media network by X user UtdParadigm on Thursday afternoon. It is inhumane. It’s mistreatment.

The England forward quote tweeted the article a few hours later. “Thank you for your encouragement,” he wrote. “It has been abuse for some months. “Enough is enough.”

In the aforementioned interview, Rashford—who has been a regular under Erik ten Hag this season—spoke candidly about some of the media attention he has gotten.

“I’m not trying to have a go at the media,” he said. “I understand the game, you know what I mean? They’re not really writing about me. It’s like they’re writing about this character, ‘Marcus Rashford’.

“It can’t just be about me as a 26-year-old lad on a night out, or a lad getting a parking ticket. It’s got to be about how much my car costs, guessing my weekly salary, my jewellery or even my tattoos.

“It’s got to be about my body language, and questioning my morals, and speculating about my family, and my football future. There’s a tone to it that you don’t get with all footballers. Let’s just leave it at that.”

Rashford also discussed his charitable endeavours while under lockdown, implying that some of the criticism originates from those initiatives.

“I think some of it goes back to the pandemic,” he added. “I was just trying to use my voice to make sure that kids weren’t going hungry, because I know exactly how it feels.

“For some reason, that seemed to rub certain people the wrong way. It seems like they’ve been waiting for me to have a human moment so they can point the finger and say, “See? See who he really is?”