Marcus Rashford’s management’s deleted tweet suggests Man Utd ace doesn’t run his account

Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford has come under fire after his management company appeared to be caught sending a personal message from his Twitter account.

Rashford has amassed 5.1million Twitter followers and earned widespread recognition for using his platform to raise awareness over issues beyond football.

The 23-year-old is a vocal campaigner against child food poverty and last year managed to force the government to back-track over its decision not to extend free school meals during the summer holidays.

Rashford has been one of the most influential voices in the country during the coronavirus pandemic and was awarded an MBE in October for his work fighting child food poverty.



Marcus Rashford's management's deleted tweet suggests Man Utd ace doesn't run his account
Marcus Rashford is yet to play for United this season after undergoing shoulder surgery

As well as using his platform to raise awareness of important societal issues, Rashford has written a children’s book and earned plaudits for his empathetic and personal engagement with his followers on Twitter.

Having frequently been held up as an example to other sportspeople, he may well have been left red-faced on Monday when the inner workings of his social media accounts were briefly exposed.

It started harmlessly enough when Rashford tweeted a message to update fans on his rehabilitation from a shoulder operation, which has kept him sidelined for United so far this season.

He tweeted: “Happy Monday. I see the doctor on Friday for a consultation. All being well, I will get the green to join in with contact training again.”

Later he quote-tweeted his initial tweet to correct his final sentence by adding: “*light* I suppose I was so happy to tell everybody I missed a word,” alongside two emojis.

However, eagle-eyed fans spotted that the same tweet had already been posted four minutes earlier by the account of his management company, D N May Sports Management.

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Marcus Rashford's management's deleted tweet suggests Man Utd ace doesn't run his account
The message first appeared on the account of Rashford’s management company

The tweet was swiftly taken down and the Twitter account @dnmaysportsmgt appears to have been deactivated.

But the error prompted questions over who runs Rashford’s account and whether any of his tweets may have been written on his behalf by his management company.

Central Recorder Sport has contacted D N May Sports Management for comment.

D N May Sports Management was set up in 2015 by Rashford’s brothers, Dwaine Maynard and Dane Rashford, who are the company’s managing director and co-founder respectively.



Marcus Rashford's management's deleted tweet suggests Man Utd ace doesn't run his account
D N May Sports Management’s account appeared to be deactivated after the incident



Marcus Rashford's management's deleted tweet suggests Man Utd ace doesn't run his account

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On its website, D N May Sports Management say they specialise in career management, commercial work, social media management, media and privacy, player wellbeing and specialist advice and claim they want to become “Europe’s leading sports management organisation”.

The company says they are able to use social media to “take advantage of this platform and improve your public image”.

Rashford has not played since England’s final against Italy at Euro 2020, but is hoping to be back in full training with Manchester United next week.

If all goes well, he could then return to the pitch after the upcoming international break in October.

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