Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim suggests he would rather pick a 63-year-old coach than Marcus Rashford

Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim suggests he would rather pick a 63-year-old coach than Marcus Rashford

CNNManchester United boss Ruben Amorim has reasons to be cheerful: his team scrapped to a 1-0 win against Fulham on Sunday, and on Monday, he celebrates his 40th birthday.

But that hasn’t stopped the Portuguese manager from being ruthless towards some of his players. That was quite clear when he said he would rather select his goalkeeping coach, 63-year-old Jorge Vital, than someone who “doesn’t give the maximum every day.”

In this instance, the player in question was Marcus Rashford, whose last appearance for United was in the Europa League against Viktoria Plzeň on December 12. He was on the bench for a 2-0 defeat against Newcastle later in the month but otherwise has not been part of Amorim’s recent matchday squads.

“The reason is the training, the way I see what a footballer should do in training, in life, and it’s every detail,” Amorim told reporters on Sunday when asked to explain Rashford’s absence from the team.

“So if things don’t change, I will not change. It’s the same situation for every player. If you do the maximum, if you do the right things, we can use every player … I will put Vital before I put a player that doesn’t give the maximum every day. So I will not change in that department.”

Amorim also said that United missed having a forward with Rashford’s pace on the bench to change the game against Fulham, but added that he would rather pick players who he feels are fully committed to training.

Rashford might be forced to leave United under Amorim's management.
Rashford might be forced to leave United under Amorim’s management. – Martin Rickett/PA

Rashford, who has scored 138 goals in 426 appearances for the Red Devils, has now gone 11 games without an appearance, and the 27-year-old could leave his boyhood club before the end of the transfer window on February 3.

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