RUBEN AMORIM and Marcus Rashford are reportedly no longer on speaking terms.
The Manchester United forward has not played for Amorim since mid-December.
Rashford, 27, is keen to leave Old Trafford this month as he admitted he is ready for a “new challenge”.
However, he has not had a chance to put himself in the shop window as Amorim, 40, has refused to play him.
The Portuguese manager even claimed that 63-year-old goalkeeping coach Jorge Vital would be more deserving of a place in the squad.
Amorim hit out at Rashford’s training and insisted that if “things don’t change”, then he will not be recalled to the matchday squad.
The relationship between the manager and player is now reportedly at an all-time low.
The Guardian has claimed that the pair are not on speaking terms anymore.
The report claims that the only time Amorim will address Rashford is when he is speaking to the squad as a whole.
Rashford has earned multiple suitors this month with the likes of West Ham, Aston Villa and Tottenham being linked from England.
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He has also gained interest from abroad from Como in Italy and Borussia Dortmund.
Rashford does appear to have a clear preference and is willing to drop his wages to force through a move to Barcelona.
Meanwhile, club legend Paul Scholes addressed the ongoing drama and criticised the England international’s attitude as he “let a lot of people down”.
H told Sky Bet’s The Overlap: “I think Marcus has let a lot of people down with his attitude and I think that’s what the manager is trying to say.
“You think of the young players coming through the team and think of [Alejandro] Garnacho.
“They’re looking up to people like Marcus now and he’s 27, he’s clearly not training properly, he’s not living his life properly. They’re the examples these people should look at.
“I remember years ago when I told the manager [Ferguson] I didn’t want to play in that Arsenal cup game.
“The meeting we had afterwards, I thought I was going to get a right b********g here, he said to me, ‘The worst thing you did was let your teammates down’. And that really stuck with me.
“Because I wasn’t really thinking about that and now I think Marcus Rashford is doing exactly the same.
“Ok, he’s not refusing to play, but in the way he is behaving and the way he’s training…
“In a way, he’s saying he doesn’t want to be involved with the team and the fact of letting his teammates down, he should be banished from the dressing room.
“If he’s in and around that and young people are seeing that as an example, the sooner he’s gone the better.”
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