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Rashford was again left out of Amorim’s squad for last night’s win at Fulham, courtesy of Lisandro Martinez’s deflected strike.
The boss blasted Rashford’s lack of effort in training and said 63- year-old Jorge Vital would be more deserving of a place on the bench. Asked directly about Rashford’s absence, Amorim said: “I’d put Vital on the bench before a player who doesn’t give the maximum every day. I’ll not change in that department.
“It’s always the same reason. The reason is the training. The way that I see what a footballer should do in training, in life, every day. If things don’t change, I will not change.
“Same situation for every player — if you do the maximum, if you do the right things, we can use every player.
“You can see it today on the bench. We needed pace to change the game, to move some pieces — but I prefer it like that.”
Rashford has been a loan target for Borussia Dortmund, Monaco and AC Milan, although he would prefer a move to cash-strapped Barcelona.
He has not played for Amorim since a 2-1 win at Viktoria Plzen on December 12 and has not been in a squad since a 2-0 defeat to Newcastle on December 30.
Rashford posted on Instagram after Sunday’s win, saying: “Congratulations on the win lads.”
Martinez got a deflected 78th-minute winner — lifting United up to 12th.
But fans turned on co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe, who was sat in the stands at Craven Cottage by chanting: “Just like the Glazers, Jim Ratcliffe’s a c****”.
Ratcliffe has raised Old Trafford ticket prices for members to £66 in December — including kids and OAPs — and said it did not make sense for Fulham to be charging more than United.
Incredibly, Fulham charged up to £150 for tickets — with dozens of Red Devils fans celebrating Martinez’s goal in home sections.
Ratcliffe has been trying to generate more revenue while United battle to stay in line with Profit and Sustainability Rules.
Asked about transfer plans after last night’s win, boss Ruben Amorim admitted he needs “a lot of help to improve”.
But he said: “We have to be cautious. We have to follow the rules and we have done mistakes in the past we can not do now, we have to focus on the team. We need to focus on the players that we have.
“We lack some pace and power up front. We need to create more chances, we struggle a lot in these details, but we need a lot of help to improve.”
“Not a great game, no great chances. We tried to control our game and play our game but we need to improve a lot.”
Fulham chief Marco Silva said: “It was cruel for us — their first shot was in the 78th minute. It was a really lucky goal. The result was unfair.” — Sun.
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