Ruben Amorim says he would rather have Manchester United’s goalkeeper coach in his squad than Marcus Rashford after appearing to question the 27-year-old's commitment to the club.

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 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.

Ruben Amorim says he would rather have Manchester United's goalkeeper coach in his squad than Marcus Rashford after appearing to question the 27-year-old's commitment to the club.

Ruben Amorim has said he would rather play his 63-year-old goalkeeper coach Jorge Vital in his Manchester United team than Marcus Rashford unless the out-of-favour forward starts to "give the maximum every day in training and in life.

United boss Amorim celebrates his 40th birthday on Monday and will do so after what he called a “lucky” win at Fulham thanks to Lisandro Martinez’s late winner

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’.