The unspoken rules of football dictate that there is a limit on the time a senior player can spend frozen out of the first team reckoning pending a change in behaviour. What starts as a measure to prompt change gradually calcifies into something more permanent and,

Ruben Amorim is adamant that Marcus Rashford is still not showing enough to warrant a return to the squad after Manchester United’s 2-0 defeat to Wolves on Boxing Day. Rashford has now been left out of United’s last four games in all competitions,

Amorim has told Rashford what must be done to earn a recall, while the Man Utd manager also clarified who is behind the forward's continued absence