by Ruben Amorim’s exclusion of Marcus Rashford from Manchester United’s final three squads is solely his decision, with the head coach under no pressure from Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s football department.
The Portuguese also questioned the “choices” of those surrounding Rashford following an interview with journalist Henry Winter two days after the Manchester City match in which the striker said he was “ready to take on a new challenge”. challenge “. This was interpreted as the player wanting to move.
“It’s a difficult situation but I understand that this kind of player is surrounded by a lot of people and makes choices that sometimes are not the player’s first idea,” Amorim said on Monday.
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“I’m always there to help Marcus as an extra player and they have to do what they have to do. I say they chose to do this interview because it’s not just about Marcus.
Rashford is up for sale in the January transfer window, a move approved by Ratcliffe, but it is understood the player’s demotion from the squad was purely Amorim’s choice.
Amorim left the striker out of the 20-man squad again for the 3-0 defeat to Bournemouth at Old Trafford on Sunday. This followed Rashford’s absence from the squad for the Carabao Cup defeat at Tottenham on Thursday and the victory at City the previous Sunday.
After dropping the 27-year-old and Alejandro Garnacho for the City game, Amorim said: “The performance in training, the performance in matches, the way you dress, the way you eat, the How you engage with your teammates is important, how you push your teammates Since then, he has described Rashford’s absence as being due to “selection” reasons.
Despite Amorim’s stated reasons for leaving out the England international and informing him he would be reinstated if his performances in training improved, it is unclear whether Rashford would be recalled.
