Marcus Rashford must avoid Cristiano Ronaldo's exit plan to keep Man United promise

"For me, personally, I think I'm ready for a new challenge and the next steps," Marcus Rashford declared in a bombshell interview with journalist Henry Winter.

"When I leave it's going to be 'no hard feelings'. You're not going to have any negative comments from me about Manchester United. That's me as a person. If I know that a situation is already bad I'm not going to make it worse.

"I've seen how other players have left in the past and I don't want to be that person. When I leave I'll make a statement and it will be from me."

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It is a noble pursuit for Rashford to look for a new challenge away from United. Every player should be motivated by a desire to reach his best, and, clearly, the Englishman feels he has reached the end of the road at Old Trafford.

It should also be appreciated that Rashford wants to leave United in the 'right way'. He has had a lot of good memories at the Theatre of Dreams, and it is clear that some icons of the club have marred their legacy with how they left.

Cristiano Ronaldo is one player who is only just recovering from the damage he did to his legacy when leaving United for a second time. The temper tantrums and that interview with Piers Morgan left a bitter taste in the mouth, even if some of it was justified.

However, if Rashford were to follow Ronaldo's next career move after United, he would not be able to preserve relationships at Old Trafford, nor continue to argue with a straight face that his exit was motivated by mere professional ambition. According to several reports, Saudi Arabian clubs are the only teams