Ruben Amorim's first press conference as Manchester United manager saw him fielding questions about Marcus Rashford's future. While Amorim navigated the media scrutiny with ease, the situation surrounding Rashford remains uncertain.
Manchester United were given short notice of Marcus Rashford 's interview on Tuesday night. Ineos have trimmed the workforce in the under-resourced communications department. Ruben Amorim arrived at Carrington at 7am on Wednesday morning and attended his press conference at 9am. Amorim has got United pressing on the front foot and he is more than a match for the press on non-matchdays. He invited Rashford to a different 'challenge' from the transfer he has in mind.
At the time Amorim spoke to us, he had not spoken to Rashford in three days. Rashford was unwell on Monday and off on Tuesday. Amorim fielded 16 questions centred on Rashford across the open and embargoed sections and ended the 14-minute briefing with a smile. Amorim had the conviction to drop the Wythenshawe-born local hero for the Manchester derby on Sunday and United won, with a more popular winger the matchwinner. Do not be deceived by Amorim's diplomacy. In the embargoed section, he cautioned that he can be 'emotional' and was unsure how he would handle Rashford. There were some rumours of a dressing room dust-up between head coach and player but nothing concrete has come to light. United supporters at the Etihad chanted Amorim's name and they will doubtless do so again at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Whether Rashford is there or not, his chant is unlikely to be added to the matchday playlist. Rashford's brother and agent, Dwaine Maynard, stayed in the same hotel as United in Plzen last week. Family and club are no longer as close. Only a handful of high-profile United players have gone public with their desire for a move elsewhere. Alex Ferguson never encountered a more heated or histrionic dispute than with Andrei Kanchelskis in 1995, a saga played out on back pages for weeks
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