Youri Tielemans bluntly rejected the doubts over Marcus Rashford’s committment to soccer in an impassioned defense of his Manchester United teammate before a meeting with the manager who so strongly pedaled that negative narrative.
The quirks of preseason fixtures arranged long ago have devilishly pitted Ruben Amorim’s AC Milan against his former employers Manchester United on Saturday in Poland. During his disastrous 14 months at Old Trafford, Amorim notably expelled Rashford from United’s first-team roster, at one point admitting that he would have selected his then 63-year-old goalkeeping coach instead of the England international.