A draw against Liverpool at Anfield in the Premier League. Victory against Arsenal in the FA Cup. This is the promise United fans have received in recent weeks with Ruben Amorim at the helm. Marcus Rashford has not been part of this upturn, against Liverpool the player was ill. After Rashford told the world in December that he is “ready for new challenges”, “everyone” expects the 27-year-old to be done at Manchester United. What Ruben Amorim is now showing is that the decision lies with him, not the player.

After the win against Arsenal, there were of course questions about the former United star and what is happening. A topic Amorim does not want to spend much time on in the press room, but which has a clear priority in the coming weeks.

-I don’t know. We’ll see. He is a player for Manchester United. So we’ll see. He has to work,” Amrorim begins, according to Goal.

Rashford famously drains his salary budget of around £325,000 a week, the last game was back in early December.

-He has to represent his club and he loves his club, but I have to make some choices. I’ve already talked about how I make my choices. It is what it is. Let’s look ahead and towards the next game. But as I said, I have to make a choice,” says Ruben Amorim.

I have to make a choice.

This process has a far from certain outcome.