Breaking news: Manchester United make key decision regarding futures of Marcus Rashford and Luke Shaw

 Manchester United are ready to enter

 contract talks with the duo of Marcus

 Rashford and Luke Shaw, as per The 

Daily Mirror. Both players are contracted

 to the club until the summer of 2023. 

The report suggests that the Red Devils 

are happy to tie both down with long-term deals.

Both Englishmen are viewed as part 

of a 'key group of core players' by the Manchester

 United hierarchy. They are also believed

 to be part of the club's future under

 their new manager.

Rashford has been the posterboy for the 

club since his emergence from the youth

 ranks as a teenage prodigy, making his 

senior debut in 2016. However, he 

has endured a difficult season this time out.

The England international has only managed

 to score five goals and provide two assists

 in 26 games across all competitions.

The 24-year-old has had the worst season

 of his entire career and clearly seems

 to be lacking confidence.

On top of that, he has been used in multiple

 positions in attack under different 

managers over the years. This has impacted

 his game as he seems to be lacking 

an end product.

Shaw, on the other hand, has also struggled

 for form this campaign despite starring 

for England at the 2020 Euros. The 26-

year-old has made just 26 appearances 

this season with 19 of them coming 

in the Premier League.

The left-back took his name on the 

scoresheet for England in the international

 break, scoring the equalizer against 

Switzerland in a 2-1 win.

But the former Southampton defender 

has been far from impressive for Rang nick's

 side this season. He has even been 

benched in favour of Alex Telles 

on multiple occasions.

Will Manchester United be wise 

to hand new deals to under-performing

 players like Rashford and Shaw?

With Rashford and Shaw both having 

just 15 months left on their current contracts

, Manchester United find themselves 

in a difficult position.

However, it would be wise for them 

to wait for the opinion of their next manager

. They might want to see whether he 

can manage to inspire the duo to be 

back at their best.

There is no denying the fact Rashford and 

Shaw are both quality players and are in 

the right age group to be considered key

 players for the future. However, 

Manchester United cannot afford to 

make the mistake of forcing their next 

gaffer to regard the duo as building 

blocks for the future.