Marcus Rashford’s future at Manchester United appears increasingly fragile after Ruben Amorim opted to leave him out of the squad to play against Wolves on Boxing Day
Marcus Rashford has been frozen out by Ruben Amorim because he is not meeting the new Manchester United manager’s demands, according to Wes Brown.
Rashford has now been left out of four successive match day squads by Amorim after not making the cut for the match against Wolves on Boxing Day. The 27-year-old has admitted he is ready for a new challenge ahead of the January transfer window – and it is looking increasingly likely that a departure would suit both parties.
Amorim has publicly tried to toe the line with Rashford in order to keep both options open, but the club are privately open to offers for their striker. However, a £40million asking price and his £325,000-a-week wages are likely to make a transfer in January next to impossible.
Former United defender Brown played under Sir Alex Ferguson, so has seen first-hand man-management tactics. He believes that Amorim is using Rashford as an example to the rest of the squad in an attempt to instil some much-needed discipline.
“It’s disappointing again that he’s not in the squad,” Brown said on Prime Video. “It seems the manager has set his terms: ‘If you want to be in the squad, these are the terms you go by – whether it’s training, off the field, whatever’.
“And ultimately, that has not been sorted out yet. It’ll be a very sad day if we do see Marcus go. But ultimately, you have to be on the same wavelength as the manager. I honestly think it’s getting close [to Amorim’s strongest line-up]. I think this is as close as you’re going to get right now.”
Speaking before kick-off at Molineux on Boxing Day, Amorim admitted that he was getting closer to landing on his preferred starting line-up, having made just two changes from the side which was beaten 3-0 by Bournemouth.
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Asked if he was close to his strongest starting XI, the United boss replied: “I think so, but I don’t like to the use the expression ‘the strongest XI’ because we count every player, but we try to build some connections between the players by trying to use the same players sometimes because we have three days between games, and that is a big difference.
“At the moment, with more time, we can change less, so that is the focus. Also, our focus is to maintain our clear identity. The third game of the last week (vs Bournemouth) was tough on us and our fans, so we have to be better in set-pieces. We had a lot of chances [to score] and we have to be more clinical. We have to improve our performance.”
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