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 has reminded Marcus Rashford that he has a “big responsibility” to help turn Manchester United’s fortunes around amid his continued omission from matchday squads. Rashford was initially dropped for the 2-1 victory in the Manchester derby on December 15,

The England international has been dropped from Ruben Amorim's matchday squad in each of United's three most recent matches.