Amorim tells Rashford to 'speak with the manager'

The forward, who was absent from training on Monday through illness, was set to miss the League Cup quarter-final at Tottenham yesterday.

Amorim is keen to keep Rashford but he admitted he would have handled the situation differently when he was a player.

"If this was me, probably I will speak with the manager," he told reporters on Wednesday.

"But, guys, let's focus on Tottenham. Tottenham is the most important thing."

Amorim revealed he has yet to speak to Rashford since the interview that threw his United future into doubt.

"It's hard to explain to you guys what I am going to do," Amorim said. "I am a little bit emotional, 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."

Amorim's 14-minute press conference featured 16 different questions about Rashford.

It was an indication of the intense media scrutiny Amorim will have to get used to at United after arriving from Sporting Lisbon to replace the sacked Erik ten Hag in November.

"It's a hard situation to comment on," he said. "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."