Ian Wright has claimed that Marcus Rashford ‘seems to be a shadow’ of his old self during recent Manchester United games.

Erik ten Hag‘s side won 2-0 in the FA Cup third round against Wigan Athletic on Monday night, but the Red Devils created a lot of additional chances, and arguably should have won by a larger margin.

Rashford was one of those who struggled to assert themselves against League One opposition, and speaking on ITV after the game, Wright said he felt the England star was not performing like his old peak self.

Wright said: ‘I think you just you just look at his demeanor. And I think that when we talking about a player that with the potential and the capabilities.

‘You feel like this is a time in his career where we want to see that, where he’s going to that next level of legacy, what he’s going to try and do at the club.

Marcus Rashford struggled to assert himself up front during Man United’s 2-0 win at Wigan

Ian Wright claimed that Rashford ‘seems to be a shadow’ of his old self during recent games

‘And at the moment, he does feel like – you know, sometimes I think maybe could cross, you know, yes, he can shoot.

‘But he just feels like he’s in a place where something needs to happen for him, at the club, or somebody needs to talk to him, because he needs to go to the place where we expect him to be.

‘At the moment, he seems to be a shadow of that player.’

Fellow pundit Roy Keane concurred. He said: ‘I just wanted a bit more. I have high expectations of Rashford. I was wanting a bit more.

‘I think we were getting frustrated watching them. They’ve been against a League One side here, Marcus must walk off the pitch thinking, I should I should be scoring, I should be scoring, or certainly providing more assists for some of the players.

‘And maybe that’s a bit harsh, but that’s because we expect a lot from them, you know, it should be more explosive. It’s just these little, little details that I’m looking for some of the senior players to be having a go.

‘He’s gotten the habit of stopping the ball dead, and that makes it easier to defend. It’s one or two shots can go away. Don’t get me wrong, we’re quick to criticise, but his body language.

‘I just thought those parts of the game tonight, which frustrated me and hopefully frustrated teammates and said, “Listen, we expect more from you”.’

Roberto Martinez, ITV’s third pundit covering the Wigan Athletic versus Manchester United game, came up against Rashford when managing Belgium at the 2018 World Cup.

When asked to elaborate on what was different about Rashford between then and now, Martinez said: ‘I think the first aspect is that he doesn’t take as many risks. When you got a player that he’s got such a great pace and a technical control to dribble, sometimes you need to take the risk of running into space to then create that space.  Maybe didn’t want to lose the ball, he didn’t want to give the ball away.

Roy Keane and Roberto Martinez also shared thoughts on Rashford’s sub-par performance

Rashford was not able to get on the scoresheet, or provide an assist to a Man United colleague