Marcus Rashford has failed to heed Erik ten Hag's warnings at Manchester United

It was only six months ago at the University of California San Diego that Erik ten Hag held court with English journalists and Marcus Rashford's "lifestyle" was raised.

"When you are not living the right life, you get killed," Ten Hag stressed. "What is important? Sleep, recovery, nutrition. Three key areas and when you don’t do this right, you have a problem. You can't perform.

"So when you ask me about Rashford, the same also counts for Rapha Varane and for every player. You will not reach the levels when you don’t do the things right."

The next question was, "Is there a concern that Marcus or any other player has a problem with their lifestyle."

"So I think in general when I came in at Man United, the standards were not right. That’s true. I demand the highest standards in sleep, recovery and nutrition because that makes the difference if you can perform every third or fourth day.

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"That is the demand for every top football player, so at Man United we are demanding the highest standards." Some are letting the standards slip.

United are gearing up for a vital month of five Premier League fixtures and now an FA Cup fifth round tie. Ten Hag has staked the season on returning players billed as “new signings”. Lisandro Martinez reminded everyone at Rodney Parade why he is Ten Hag’s finest signing.

Luke Shaw enhances United and Casemiro is a short-term mentor for long-term linchpin Kobbie Mainoo. Ten Hag acknowledged at his post-match press conference on Sunday that he could field his strongest United XI for the first time in his 94th match in charge at Wolves on Thursday.

“Maybe for the first time as