Nineteen months ago, Ruben Amorim infamously said he would rather play his 63-year-old goalkeeper coach Jorge Vital over Marcus Rashford at Manchester United.
The head-turning comments came after Amorim left Rashford out of his squad for an 11th successive game in 2024–25. The manager was in a standoff with the England international, who previously declared he wanted a “new challenge” away from the club he spent over a decade representing.
