The reporter reported coldly The double red meeting against Manchester United, which was called "the most important game of the season", was imminent, but manager Amorim announced early that Rashford was "absent due to illness". This is the fifth time Rashford has missed the Manchester United squad in the last six games, and the sixth time he has been unavailable. In Manchester United's Premier League match against Newcastle United on December 30 last year, although Rashford was in the squad, Amorim only made 4 substitutions, and Rashford sat for 90 minutes.
Amorim is known to have abandoned Marcus Rashford, and Manchester United will only be able to sell before they can buy another man in the winter window due to financial problems. It's just that although Manchester United has received a lot of offers, they can't send away this high-paid abandonment. Rashford not only rejected the Turkish Super League giants Fenerbahce, but even as many as three offers of up to 40 million euros after tax from the Saudi giants were categorically rejected by him. Players who are usually dropped want to leave as soon as possible to stay in form, such as Jadon Sancho, who was dropped by Ten Hag last year. However, Rashford does not seem to care about his current situation, and instead intends to stay at Manchester United.
Ahead of the Double Reds, the Athletic revealed why Rashford was dropped by Amorim. The reason was that after Marcus Rashford scored twice against Everton on December 1 last year, new boss Amorim learned that Rashford was out clubbing on the night of November 29. Amorim did not want the United players to have a pre-match night-long indulgence and when asked Rashford, he was denied. Amorim, who was intent on reusing him, felt that Rashford's self-discipline was not enough, and he ruled Rashford out of the starting line-up three days later against Arsenal.
Since then, Rashford has been completely abandoned by Amorim. Not only has he missed six games in a row, but Amorim has also been urging United to send Marcus away as soon as possible and bring in the efficient centre-forward he wants. Amorim is leaning towards former favourite Jokeleš at Sporting de Portugal, while United are keen to swap Marcus Rashford for Napoli's Osimhen.
The Nigerian centre-forward has been loaned to Galatasaray by Napoli and Napoli boss Antonio Conte's interest in Rashford is the basis for a viable deal. Manchester United even considered using Rashford to add part of the transfer fee, and even added Zirkze in exchange for Osimhen, but after Athletic.com revealed that Rashford was hanging out in nightclubs, I am afraid Conte will also dismiss the idea.
The athletic revealed that Rashford was in a slump in form during his last training session before the Manchester derby on 14 December last year. British media revealed that Rashford had gone clubbing again the night before, also less than 48 hours before the Manchester derby. Manchester United insiders have also been informed of the situation, but Marcus Rashford's team has once again vehemently denied the rumours. Marcus Rashford believes his spare time life is no different from other Premier League players, and his dismissal by Amorim was targeted by the new manager. But Amorim has his own sources of information, and the decision to abandon Rashford altogether was deliberate.
Marcus Rashford's title of 'Prince of Clubs' has been around for a long time, having spent two days in Belfast early last year before claiming to be ill and missing United's training session on Friday. United boss Ten Hag was still the boss at the time, and Rashford lied when he was investigated by the team that he had only been out once on Wednesday. In the end, United announced that they had imposed an internal punishment, in addition to kicking Rashford out of the FA Cup squad and fining him 650,000 pounds, equivalent to two weeks' salary. After a year, Rashford is once again "out due to illness", which is inevitably reminiscent of nightlife problems.
Asked about Rashford's future, Amorim was frank: "It's more up to him, not me. He has to show enough desire to play and be prepared enough before he can play. What we've tried with Rashford for a long time doesn't work, do we continue or do we do something else? 'Amorim's decision to drop Marcus Rashford also has unanimous support from United's hierarchy. Marcus Rashford publicly accepted United's decision to let him go on 17 December last year, but did not appear to be positive about leaving.
However, Manchester United's new coach Amorim and the top management do not want to continue to support this "abandoned general" with the first highest salary. It's just that the high salary also makes it more difficult to send him away, except for the deep-pocketed Saudi Arabia, other European clubs are almost unbearable. What's more, Rashford has now been exposed to a lack of discipline in his nightlife, making it even more difficult to send him away in the winter window. The 27-year-old Rashford does not want to go to Saudi Arabia to "retire", but he must also know that the high salary limits his departure. As a result, how to send away this "nightclub prince" who does not work with a high salary has become Manchester United's number one problem in the winter window.