Marcus Rashford says tabloid threatened to publish photo with convicted murderer

Problems continue to follow Manchester United footballer Marcus Rashford. Yesterday, he posted on his Instagram page that a tabloid is threatening to reveal a photograph of him posing with a man who had previously killed a teenager.

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It is believed that the tabloid possesses a joint photograph of Rashford and rapper TEN (Jake Fahri), who, in 2008, murdered 16-year-old teenager Jimmy Mizen. Fahri was sentenced in 2009 to 14 years in prison and was recently released.

"I want to make it clear I have never seen this photo, I do not know this person and I am not friends with him. Like most footballers if someone asks for a photo with me, I will never refuse but I am obviously not able to do a background check on every individual that asks me for a photo," Rashford wrote.

Marcus also urged tabloids to focus on drawing attention to charitable projects and those who fight crime in the UK instead of fixating on him.