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,

The Portuguese manager's tough stance on Marcus Rashford has not outraged supporters but they must be wondering exactly what the striker has done to be frozen out of the squad

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,