Manchester United: Ruben Amorim fires dig at Marcus Rashford training performance with goalkeeper coach claim | OneFootball

Man United boss warned he “will not change” his training demands

Ruben Amorim said he will play his 63-year-old goalkeeping coach before picking a player that “does not give the maximum”, as he criticised Marcus Rashford’s work ethic in training.

Rashford again did not feature on Sunday night as United laboured to a 1-0 win at Fulham despite another uninspiring performance.

A day before his 40th birthday, the United manager was once again asked about Rashford’s continued absence from the squad.

“It is always the same reason,” Amorim replied.

When probed as to what that reason is, he replied: “The reason is the training. The reason is what I think a footballer should do in training [and] in life. If things do not change, I will not change.

“It is the same situation for every player. If you do the maximum and do the right things, we can use every player.

“And you can see today on the bench, we missed a bit of pace to go, to change the game. I will put [Jorge] Vital [on the pitch] before I put a player that does not give the maximum. I will not change in that department.”

United won at Fulham thanks to Lisandro Martinez’s deflected strike in the second half.

“It’s a good day for us,” Amorim said. “Of course it wasn’t a great performance, but we can see it. A clean sheet also, so let’s get this feeling to the next game.

“You sometimes need a little bit of luck. I can see we have a lot to improve. We didn’t play so well with the ball.”