Ruben Amorim: I would put 63-year-old on bench instead of Marcus Rashford
- Manchester United’s head coach has frozen out forward
- Amorim says veteran goalkeeping coach a bench option
Ruben Amorim said he would rather name his 63-year-old goalkeeper coach as a substitute than Marcus Rashford or any Manchester United player who was not prepared to give “the maximum”.
The manager watched his starting centre-forward, Rasmus Højlund, endure a torrid time in the club’s 1-0 win at Fulham on Sunday night; he was forced to replace him with Joshua Zirkzee, who made little impact.
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