Manchester United icon Rio Ferdinand has encouraged Marcus Rashford to respond to recent remarks made by Ruben Amorim.
Last month, Rashford was excluded from Amorim’s squad for the derby match against Manchester City.
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Since then, the 27-year-old has not featured for the Red Devils and has been strongly linked with a departure from Old Trafford.
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Following United’s 1-0 victory over Fulham in the Premier League on Sunday, Amorim made a bold statement, suggesting he would prefer to have his 63-year-old goalkeeping coach on the bench instead of Rashford.
Reacting to Amorim’s criticism, former United and England defender Ferdinand has called on Rashford to respond assertively.
As reported by The Standard, Ferdinand said on his podcast: “If I was that player that the manager said that about, my heart, my pride, my ego – embarrassment. For someone to question your application, to question (whether) you’re going out there and giving 100 per cent for your team, (suggesting) that you’re going to slack off and you’re taking shortcuts…
“We all have days off or moments when we’re not performing well, lacking confidence, but effort isn’t really one of the things I would want to be hearing a manager say is lacking in my makeup.
“That’s a damning comment, because I think he knows what the reaction is after that comment. He’s not saying that without thinking, ‘Where does this go after?’ There’s really no way back for Marcus after that, I don’t think, with that type of comment.”
Ferdinand said that if he was in Rashford’s shoes, he would be coming out ‘all guns blazing’ & even threatened to sue him.
The 46-year-old added: “If it isn’t true and it was me he said that about, I am coming out all guns blazing. I’m holding a press conference, I’m coming out and saying, ‘I’m having no-one chat about me like that in the media’. But you only come out if you’re 100 per cent sure that nobody can say you take the shortcuts.
“Sometimes I think in these situations, if you’re doing things right, communicate it. Because the manager can question how well or bad I’m playing, or my form, but if he’s questioning my effort, I’m sorry, I’m coming back out, next time I’m around any press people – ‘the effort, he needs to take that back or I’m suing him’.
“I would love to sit across the table from Marcus, look in his eyes and go, ‘Can you say that? Could you be confident enough to go out and do that? Because if you can’t, look at yourself’.”
Man United are back in action on Thursday when they take on FCSB in the UEFA Europa League.
