The unspoken rules of football dictate that there is a limit on the time a senior player can spend frozen out of the first team reckoning pending a change in behaviour. What starts as a measure to prompt change gradually calcifies into something more permanent and,

The Portuguese manager's tough stance on Marcus Rashford has not outraged supporters but they must be wondering exactly what the striker has done to be frozen out of the squad

Manchester United's woeful form continued on Thursday with manager Ruben Amorim still opting to leave forward Marcus Rashford out of his plans.