“ I prefer to play the 63 -year -old goalkeeper trainer that Marcus Rashford ” – Firstpost

Just days after refusing to Clarifying the possible future of Marcus Rashford in Manchester United, said manager Ruben Amorim He prefers to play his 63 -year -old goalkeeper Jorge Vital coach in his team only to the England attacker.

The scathing comments of Amorim came after Manchester United beaten Fulham 1-0 far from his home on Sunday. Lisandro Martinez scored the only goal in the match in the 78th minute, while the Red Devils climbed a place at 12th in the Premier League table.

“Rashford must give its maximum every day”

Rashford did not appear in the match against Fulham, which makes it the 11th successive match that the 27 -year -old lacked for Man Utd. Rashford had declared last month that he was looking for a “new challenge” far from Old Trafford, but he was linked to AC Milan, Barcelona, ​​Borussia Dortmund and Chelsea, the attacker did not find club.

Amorim has also refused to choose it in the team despite the attackers Rasmus Højlund and Joshua Zirkzee who have managed only one goal since December. After Sunday’s victory, the Portuguese football manager said that he would not choose Rashford unless he changes his attitude.

“It’s the same thing, it’s always the same reason,” said Amorim when he was asked why he didn’t play Rashford. “Reason is 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 won’t change. This is the same situation for each player. If you do the maximum, if you do the right things, we can use each player. And you can see it today on the bench, we lack a little rhythm to change the game, move a few pieces.

“But I prefer that like that. I will put essential before putting a player on whom does not give the maximum every day. I will therefore not change in this department. »»

Amorim, who was 40 on Monday, also said that he felt 10 years older in United and that he has a lot of work.

“It’s not 40 … I’m 50 years old!” He said. “After two months in Manchester United, it’s 50 years. It is a privilege to spend my 40th anniversary here. This feeling of winning and three points is really important for us. You cannot see a great improvement in the team and it is a fact, but victory helps us to improve.

“We had a bad luck in certain games. Today, it was not the best game, but we managed to win. The important thing is that I have a clear idea of ​​what I want to do. Sometimes I am frustrated. We want to play a different style and we are going to play a different style in the future. »»