Ruben has admitted to taking a significant risk in not replacing Marcus Rashford in the January transfer window but is ‘thankful’ the Manchester United striker is now in Birmingham after securing a loan move to Aston Villa.

Ruben Amorim has given a forthright and damning evaluation of why Marcus Rashford has not featured for Manchester United since December. The comments came after Rashford was once again not involved in the squad as Manchester United won 1-0 at Fulham on Sunday.

Even if Villa do not sign Rashford on a permanent deal, he is not anticipated to return to United - unless Amorim is sacked before the end of the season. This is because, according to talkSPORT, Amorim has informed Rashford that would never return to the United squad as long as he was in charge.