Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim lashed out at Marcus Rashford for not putting in the hard yards in training. The Portuguese manager said he would rather play his 63-year-old goalkeeper coach Jorge Vital in his team rather than Marcus Rashford because of the striker’s poor work ethics.
Manchester United registered a 1-0 win against Fulham at the Craven Cottage on Sunday after Lisandro Martinez scored the only goal of the game in the 78th minute.
However, Rashford was once again overlooked by Amorim in the starting XI. The forward recently said he is looking for new challenges and wants to move on from Manchester United.
“It’s the same, it’s always the same reason,” Amorim said when asked why he continued to overlook Rashford. “The reason is the training, the way I see what footballers should do in training, in life, it’s every day, every detail.
“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. And you can see it today on the bench, we miss a little bit of pace to go and change the game, move some pieces.
“But I prefer it like that. I will put Vital on before I put a player on that don’t give the maximum every day. So I will not change in that department.”
Amorim celebrated his 40th birthday on Monday but admitted he feels much older than he is after spending a few months at Manchester United.
“It’s not 40 … I’m 50!” he said. “After two months at Manchester United, it’s 50. It’s a privilege to spend my 40th birthday here. That feeling of winning and three points is really important for us. You cannot see a great improvement in the team and that is a fact, but to win helps us to improve.
“We’ve had some lack of luck in some games. Today, was not the best match but we managed to win. The important thing is I have a clear idea of what I want to do. Sometimes I’m frustrated. We want to play a different style and we are going to play a different style in the future.”
Manchester United will next face FCSB in the Europa League at National Arena on Thursday.
