Dwight Yorke has revealed his frustration over Marcus Rashford's situation at Manchester United while discussing his likely departure from the club.

Rashford dropped a bombshell on Tuesday, claiming he was ready for a new challenge away from Old Trafford ahead of the January transfer window. In an interview with journalist Henry Winter, he said: "For me, personally, I think I'm ready for a new challenge and the next steps.

"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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Speaking to sportslens.com, the former United striker Yorke said: "Rashford should have been enjoying the most fruitful time in his career. Here we are talking about someone who's done it all, come through the ranks at a giant like Manchester United, been there since he was a kid, and make it all the way to the top. Now he wants to leave, that's the sad bit.

"I know everybody is having a go at him and making life difficult, and he's obviously on the money that he's on, but this must be really upsetting for him, seeing how his United career is coming to an end. He'll look back at this period when he’s older and think, ‘Shit. I didn't see that happening that way.’

"I hope it doesn’t have a massive negative impact on his life, because we’ve seen it so many times before in football where a talented player has the world at his feet and throws it away. Whatever happens, I hope he can find the strength to take back control of his career, whether that is at Old Trafford or somewhere else. I hope this period doesn’t come back to haunt him in later life and he looks back with any regrets, but that’s where he is at the moment."

If Rashford does leave the Reds, Yorke believes there is a chance he might not recover from the exit of his boyhood club. "Leaving a club like Manchester United, which has been Marcus Rashford’s home for his entire life, could have a real knock-on effect and sometimes you can’t recover from that," Yorke continued.

"Either way, you'll be sad if you were to leave the football club. What’s happened to Rashford wasn’t in the plan. Nobody expected this after he had signed his big contract and after he had such a fantastic goal-scoring record. We all thought Marcus was the future. He’s supposed to be hitting the peak of his powers, this is meant to be his time to shine, 27, coming into your prime, but he’s gone backwards. I still struggle to believe what has happened to him."