Ruben Amorim explains Marcus Rashford omission and Alejandro Garnacho return against Tottenham
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Ruben Amorim says Marcus Rashford can still have a future at Manchester United despite leaving him out of the squad for the Carabao Cup clash with Tottenham on Thursday. Both Rashford and Alejandro Garnacho men were left out of the squad as United beat Manchester City in the Premier League on Sunday, with Rashford’s future becoming headline news since.
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The England international has openly said that he expects, and is ready for, his future to be away from the club and the debate now is over where he will move to rather than if he will leave. Garnacho returned to the substitutes’ bench against Spurs in the chaotic 4-3 defeat in the quarter-finals, but Rashford was out of the squad again.
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Before the game the Portuguese said his choices were simply down to who he thought was best equipped for the clash with Spurs. ‘Selection. I choose the players that I feel that are ready to cope with the demands of playing a strong game,’ Amorim told Sky Sports. ‘I tried to visualise all week and then choose my players. Just selection.’.
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Amorim listed a number of reasons why the players were axed against City, including ‘training performance, game performances, engagement with teammates’ and he says the same factors always apply. ‘It’s always the same with every player, not just Marcus. In the end I have to make a selection and I did it.’.
