Rash: Ban tough on City mates
UNITED forward Marcus Rashford has revealed he wasn’t happy to see rivals City receive a two-year ban from UEFA back in February.
The Blues were found to have seriously breached financial fair play regulations and were banned from the Champions League and Europa League for two seasons.
City will appeal the decision at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Should the ban be upheld, provided the Premier League season resumes, United could secure Champions League qualification by finishing the campaign in fifth place.
Nevertheless, Rashford revealed he was disappointed when the decision was announced due to his friendship with players at the club.
Asked whether he was happy about the ban, he told BT Sport: “No, I have friends that play for City. So it’s not nice to see it happen to them.”
The England international was also asked by a young United fan if he thought City boss Pep Guardiola would get sacked.
Guardiola’s contract is due to expire at the end of next season.
He said: “That’s a tough question. No, Pep’s a top manager. I think City are lucky to have a manager like him.”
One young City fan in attendance pressed Rashford on his thoughts on United’s rivals.
The striker added: “No, I don’t not like Man City. It’s obviously difficult because there’s people in my family who support City and it’s just one of those things.
“I was always a United fan as soon as I knew that United wanted me to go and train there that was the end of it basically. I just fell in love with the club from then.”