Ruben Amorim has given a forthright and damning evaluation of why Marcus Rashford has not featured for Manchester United since December. The comments came after Rashford was once again not involved in the squad as Manchester United won 1-0 at Fulham on Sunday.

Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim has confirmed that the club’s striker Marcus Rashford is not close to making a return to his match day squads.

They were lucky to win tonight,” Marco Silva said after Fulham’s 1-0 defeat to Manchester United. As spiky as this might sound – although it was nothing compared to Ruben Amorim’s comments around Marcus Rashford – the United manager wasn’t disagreeing.

Ruben Amorim has opened up on his decision to repeatedly overlook Marcus Rashford and says he would ‘prefer’ to play Manchester United’s goalkeeper coaching than a player who is ‘not giving the maximum every day’.

Amorim is a firm believer that honesty is the best policy, and he has not held back in his assessment of Manchester United

Manchester United coach Ruben Amorim revealed that the reason for Marcus Rashford ’s continued absence from the matchday squad is the lack of effort he is seeing in training.

Ruben Amorim said he will play his 63-year-old goalkeeping coach before picking a player that “does not give the maximum”, as he criticised Marcus Rashford ’s work ethic in training.

Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim has insisted he was not happy with elements of his side’s performance against Fulham but was ultimately happy that they secured all three points.United beat

Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim has questioned striker Marcus Rashford’s attitude in the training ground and said that he would rather play his 63-year-old goalkeeper coach in the team than the England footballer.