Man Utd boss Ruben Amorim issues new damning 10-word statement on Marcus Rashford

Ruben Amorim gave the clearest indication yet that Marcus Rashford has played his final game for Manchester United after their defeat at Wolves.

Rashford was absent from the United squad for the fourth successive game for the trip to Molineux on Boxing Day. He has not featured since playing 56 minutes in United’s 2-1 win over Viktoria Plzen in the Europa League on December 12.

The 27-year-old forward has admitted he is ready for a new challenge ahead of the January transfer window and United are open to selling their homegrown star, should their £40million valuation be met. Amorim has been bombarded with questions about Rashford ever since taking over from Erik ten Hag – and it was no different after goals from Matheus Cunha and Hwang Hee-chan condemned his side to a third loss in seven days.

“It's always the same reason it's going to be,” he told Prime Video when asked about Rashford. “We have to be the same professionals, the same guys, winning or losing. Losing, I have to be stronger. I will continue with my idea until the end.”

Asked if Rashford had shown signs of changing since being left out, Amorim gave a blunt answer: “If he's not here, you can make your mind up.”

Speaking before kick-off, ex-United defender Wes Brown suggested that Amorim had sacrificed Rashford in order to draw a line in the sand over discipline. “It’s disappointing again that he’s not in the squad,” Brown said on Prime Video. “It seems the manager has set his terms: ‘If you want to be in the squad, these are the terms you go by – whether it’s training, off the field, whatever’.

“And ultimately, that has not been sorted out yet. It’ll be a very sad day if we do see Marcus go. But ultimately, you have to be on the same wavelength as the manager. I honestly think it’s getting close [to Amorim’s strongest line-up]. I think this is as close as you’re going to get right now.”

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Despite having his first-choice line-up, United slipped to yet another defeat. Bruno Fernandes was sent off after picking up a second yellow card in the 47th minute before Cunha’s corner went over a flapping Andre Onana to make it 1-0. Hwang added a second on the break to move Wolves out of the relegation zone.

“This is a tough moment. We are far from the end of this moment. That’s it. We have to continue,” Amorim said. “Now, we have to survive and work on the team. We already knew it. It’s a long journey. We have to fight these bad moments. It’s part of football.

“We have to work on a lot of things in our club, inside the club, outside the club - and use every moment of training and games to improve the team.”

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