'I just want' - What Ruben Amorim said when asked for Marcus Rashford update
Man Utd head coach Ruben Amorim spoke to the press ahead of the Premier League clash with Southampton.
Ruben Amorim refused to be drawn on the continued uncertainty surrounding Marcus Rashford ahead of Manchester United’s clash with Southampton in the Premier League.
It is now over a month since Rashford last played for United in their away win over Viktoria Plzen and he was absent from their squad against Arsenal in the FA Cup last weekend. The 27-year-old has only been named in one of United's last seven matchday squads when he was an unused substitute in their recent home defeat to Newcastle.
Rashford's involvement will no doubt be a major talking point when the team news drops ahead of their return to Premier League action on Thursday night, but Amorim would not be drawn on the ongoing saga.
Asked if he just wanted a conclusion to the uncertainty, he told reporters: "I just want to win tomorrow. My focus is to win tomorrow, I will choose the players I think are best to win tomorrow."
United go into the match against the Premier League's bottom side with an expectation to win and Amorim urged his players to relish the home clash with Southampton as much as they did recent away trips to face both Liverpool and Arsenal. He added: "Yeah, I’m always concerned because we didn’t have during these games the consistency in performance in result, so always worried, it’s my job to be worried but we have to face Southampton in the same way we faced Liverpool and Arsenal, that is the goal. Not more, not less, face that game. Understand there are difficult games and people expect us to win. That changes things, when you have the pressure to win that is the pressure we want. Sometimes it’s hard. Against Arsenal and Liverpool, nobody was expecting us to beat those teams but now we have to be prepared for that pressure, we need that pressure as a team and face the game the right way."