Has Marcus Rashford reached the end of the line at Red Devils?

Rowan Callaghan and Reuters

Marcus Rashford’s Manchester United career seems all but over after manager Ruben Amorim said he would rather put the club’s 63-year-old goalkeeper coach Jorge Vital on the bench than the England striker because of his perceived lack of application.

Rashford hasn’t been in a Manchester United matchday squad for more than two months and Amorim was critical of the forward in his comments after United’s narrow 1-0 win over Fulham on Sunday night, when he missed out again.

“It’s always the same reason (why Rashford is not playing), the reason is the training, where I see what footballers should do in training, in life and everyday. So, if things don’t change, I will not change. It’s the same situation for every player. If you do the maximum, if you do the right things, we can use every player,” Amorim said in the post-match presser.

“(Sunday), on the bench we miss a little bit like pace, to go, to change the game but I prefer it like that.

“I will put Vital before I put a player that doesn’t give the maximum every day. I will not change in that department.”

The striker, who only started two matches under Amorim’s reign, had been rumoured to be on his way out of the club. His massive wage is said to be among the stumbling blocks to an exit.

And with time running out in the January transfer window, there is also the likelihood that Rashford could stay. But that would be an extremely uncomfortable stay, given the manager’s latest comments.

Tottenham’s woeful run of form

Meanwhile, Tottenham Hotspur captain Son Heung-min bemoaned his team's lack of concentration in their 2-1 home loss to Leicester City on Sunday and said they are trying to block out the noise amid a woeful run of form.

Leicester came from a goal down to beat Spurs and heap more pressure on the North London side's manager Ange Postecoglou, who has been dealing with a lengthy injury list that includes goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario, centre backs Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven and striker Dominic Solanke.

Spurs have won just once in 11 Premier League matches and sit 15th of 20 teams.

"It is very painful. What can I say? Especially when you're winning at half-time and conceding two goals in a short period of time. It let us down and is a very frustrating afternoon," Son told the BBC.

"We can't just say tiredness because we just came out of the second half. Maybe it was a little bit sloppy, it is not individual mistakes ... It is just a lack of concentration and a bit of sloppiness and in the Premier League table any team can punish us.

"We try to block any outside noise out of the squad and group. We just want to get as many points as possible. There is still a lot of games to play, we want to get players back and experienced players and that will be very helpful."

Spurs next host Swedish side IF Elfsborg in the Europa League on Thursday.

additional reporting by Reuters