Liverpool hero Jamie Carragher says Manchester United rebel Marcus Rashford public reputation has been thanks to a carefully managed propaganda campaign.

Rashford has been disciplined by United after going on a bender in Belfast and missing training on Friday.

"I don't ever believe he was this saint that he was made out to be, and this inner circle, I think they have done a great job with Marcus – there was a lot of PR around him," he said speaking on the Stick to Football podcast.

"It put him as if he was this guy that was almost going to save the world, when he's just a young lad from Manchester, with a few quid and is a brilliant footballer."

Carragher also said: "I've always said this – if Rashford is Manchester United's best player, which I'd probably say he is, I don't think Manchester United can win anything big.

"That's not a criticism of him, I just think they'd probably need someone a level above – he's almost that second or third guy in that front three.

"There's that much pressure and scrutiny on him to be the guy who gets the goals.

"I don't think he's quite good enough to be the Wayne Rooney or the Andy Cole or Dwight Yorke, but there's nobody else there."