Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim is happy to leave Marcus Rashford in limbo as the January transfer window approaches. Rashford was once again not included in United’s squad for their embarrassing 3-0 defeat against Bournemouth on Sunday. He has now been absent for the past three matches and was sat in the Old Trafford stands in a club tracksuit as his side lost again.
The 27-year-old forward has admitted he is ready for a new challenge and United are ready to sell, if their £40million valuation is met in January. Publicly, Amorim has insisted that Rashford’s United career is not yet over, but speaking after the Bournemouth loss, he refused to give him any clarity.
“It’s my decision and it always will be,” Amorim said. “It is selection. I want to see the best of my players and I try different things with different players. That’s my focus.”. United are 13th in the Premier League, having won just six of their 17 matches this season, and face a must-win trip to Molineux to face struggling Wolves on Boxing Day. Amorim has left Rashford out of the 2-1 derby win over Manchester City, the 4-3 Carabao Cup loss to Spurs and the Bournemouth humbling, but wouldn’t confirm if his exile would continue against Wolves. He said: “It depends. We will see.”.
Amorim may be keeping the possibility of a reintegration on the table, but United legend Gary Neville believes that Rashford is as good as gone. “It is not really big team news any more,” he said on Sunday. “It is something of a norm – a pattern has developed over the last week. It was a surprise last weekend.
