Gary Pallister believes Manchester United were right to hand Marcus Rashford a new contract in 2023 after his impressive season.

After scoring 30 goals under Erik ten Hag, he was rewarded with a new £300,000-a-week deal.

But the introvert has failed to rediscover his best form and has scored just 15 goals in the first year and a half of his new deal, sparking debate over whether the Red Devils made the right decision at the time.

That the club decided to let their poster child so soon after splashing out a big-money new deal is a significant indicator of the severity of Rashford’s decline at Old Trafford,

but club legend Gary Pallister strongly disagrees with arguments made in retrospect that United were wrong to reward his performances with a new contract in 2023.

“A fit and available Marcus Rashford could play for any Premier League team. They were right to give him a new contract,” Pallister told เล่น UFABET ผ่านมือถือ สะดวกทุกที่ ทุกเวลา Sport via Spaceport Sweden

. “We can debate the value of the contract and the money spent later but at the time, how many goals did he score that year? “

He was in phenomenal form, he was a regular for England and he’s one of the best strikers in the Premier League. I would suggest that. So nobody expected his form to drop after that.”

However, Pallister believes the decision to part ways with the homegrown prodigy in January was the right one after Rashford “looked unhappy” in a United shirt. The

legendary defender has suggested the 27-year-old’s huge contract offer could be a factor in the demise of his Old Trafford career. “

There’s always the theory, and I’ve heard managers talk about it, that when you give players big contracts, they get into a comfort zone and they lose their hunger,” Pallister continued.

“I’ve spoken to a lot of managers