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Jose Mourinho has come under an astonishing attack over his treatment of Marcus Rashford and accused him of trying to “kill football.”

Former Holland winger Bryan Roy believes boss Mourinho is the wrong manager for Manchester United because of his negative style and the way he uses players such as striker Rashford.

Roy played in one of the great eras of Dutch football and, ahead of England facing Holland in a pre-World Cup friendly on Friday night, the ex-Nottingham Forest winger says Mourinho is betraying Rashford and United’s traditions.

Ex-Ajax star Roy, 48, said: “You guys have a great team, Rashford is a huge talent, I’m a big fan of him.

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“He can shoot, he can dribble, he is fast, he is smart, he’s very disciplined in the way he behaves. Those kind of players should play every single week.

“I don’t understand Mourinho why doesn’t play him every week because he is the biggest talent of England. Then you are going to buy Alexis Sanchez, so what are you going to do with Rashford? Those sort of things I don’t understand.”

United boss Mourinho was involved in a public spat with another Dutch legend Frank De Boer after criticised for not using Rashford more regularly.

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Mourinho called De Boer “the worst manager in the history of the Premier League” after his disastrous spell at Crystal Palace but Roy backed his former Dutch team mate.

Roy added: “I saw what happened between Frank and Mourinho. OK, so Frank De Boer didn’t have a good spell at Crystal Palace but what he said is right, coaches like Mourinho they kill football, that has nothing to do with entertaining fans, nothing at all.

“When someone like Frank had a bad spell as a coach, it doesn’t mean he can’t say anything. It’s a vision. The vision that Frank has is the same as Johan Cruyff had, he would have told the world exactly the same. We were brought up by him.

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“Mourinho doesn’t think about the fans, he thinks about results, not fans and that should stop. It kills football. Look at Manchester United, they play crap football. It’s awful.

“How are you going to compare that with the time of Sir Alex Ferguson? What’s happening? Are we crazy? Is everyone getting crazy? I cannot believe this.

“This is Manchester United. Football is for the fans, not for money, money comes with that because without football it is all nothing. The first thing that should be is how to play entertaining football and to win. That’s what should be in every single coach’s head.”