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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Jamie Jackson

Amorim given free rein over Rashford and questions ‘choices’ of entourage

Marcus Rashford and Ruben Amorim talk on the touchline.
Ruben Amorim has told Marcus Rashford he will be reinstated if his training performance improves. Photograph: Justin Setterfield/Getty Images

Ruben Amorim’s exclusion of Marcus Rashford from Manchester United’s past three match-day squads is solely his decision, with the head coach under no pressure from Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s football department.

The Portuguese also questioned the “choices” of people surrounding Rashford following an interview with the journalist Henry Winter two days after the Manchester City game in which the forward said he was “ready for a new challenge”. This was interpreted as the player wanting a move.

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