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Daily Mirror
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Fraser Watson

Marcus Rashford joins four others with embarrassing gaffe in David de Gea parting message

Social media has long been viewed as an opportunity for football stars to humanise themselves and communicate with fans - except a lot of the time it's not the footballers themselves behind it.

That notion was exposed again on Saturday when Man United's Marcus Rashford bid farewell to the departing David de Gea. In a post clearly meant for management team, the striker's Instagram account posted a picture of himself and the keeper with the words : "Caption ideas: You were here from my breakthrough, good luck with your next step, brother."

It's not the first time that Rashford, 25, has erred in such fashion. He's previously posted off his own accounts with a message clearly designed to be sent in private, but he certainly isn't the only footballer to be caught out either with very few actually taking charge of their own uploads.

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