Marcus Rashford left out of Manchester United squad AGAIN while other dropped star Alejandro Garnacho is reinstated
Marcus Rashford has not travelled with the Manchester United squad for their game against Tottenham.
The Red Devils forward was dropped for the 2-1 Manchester derby win over Manchester City on Sunday, as was Alejandro Garnacho.
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And he has not gone down to London with the rest of his team on Wednesday for the Carabao Cup quarter-final tie at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Thursday, live on talkSPORT.
Garnacho, meanwhile, has travelled down for the game.
Rashford was absent from training on Monday, with reports claiming he was sent home due to a sickness bug.
The 27-year-old visited his old school on Tuesday to hand out presents to students.
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It was there that he revealed he was ready for a 'new challenge' beyond Old Trafford.
Rashford was the main topic at the press conference nominally previewing that tie, with Amorim saying he was keen to keep a player he had yet to speak to by the time he faced the media.
"It's hard to explain to you guys what I am going to do (when I speak to him)," United's head coach said. "I am a little bit emotional (as a person), so in the moment I will understand what to do.
"I am preparing the game and then we will see. Let's focus on the team not individual players. That's it."
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When asked if he would air his views publicly in an interview or speak to the manager privately, the former Portugal international said: "If this was me, probably I will speak with the manager.
"But, guys, let's focus on Tottenham. Tottenham is the most important thing."
Amorim let out a laugh at the end of that final answer of a 14-minute press conference that featured 16 different questions about Rashford in the wake of an interview that took United by surprise.
"It's a hard situation to comment (on)," the head coach said after being quizzed about his handling of it.
"If I give a lot of importance, it will have big headlines in the newspaper. If I say it's not a problem, then my standards are getting low.
"So, I will deal with that, I understand that. My focus is not to take the attention from the game, from the team, what we did in the last game and put on Marcus.
"What I'm saying is that the team is more important than the individual. We will assess at the right time, let's focus on the game. That's all."
Rashford, now 27, has been at the club since the age of seven.
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He has bagged 138 goals in 426 first team appearances, winning the FA Cup twice, the League Cup twice and the Europa League in that time.
He was also crowned Man United's Player of the Year in 2020 and 2023.
However, the former England international's form has dipped of late, going from scoring 30 in all competitions in 2022/23 to netting eight last season.
Speaking to journalist Henry Winter, Rashford said: “For me, personally, I think I'm ready for a new challenge and the next steps.
"When I leave it's going to be ‘no hard feelings’. You’re not going to have any negative comments from me about Manchester United. That’s me as a person.
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"If I know that a situation is already bad I'm not going to make it worse. I've seen how other players have left in the past and I don't want to be that person.
"When I leave I'll make a statement and it will be from me. 100 per cent."
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