Ruben Amorim breaks silence on Marcus Rashford exit as Manchester United boss admits transfer 'risk' | OneFootball

Man United boss refuses to be drawn on the forward’s departure

Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim has spoken for first time since Marcus Rashford's move to Aston Villa was confirmed.

He said: "Guys, in the summer. Like we said before, we are fighting for our jobs until the summer. I am just focused on these games.

"Marcus is in Birmingham now with Unai, so you can the questions to another coach. We are just focused on our players."

Despite Rashford’s departure as well as Antony joining Real Betis on loan for the remainder of the season, Man United weren’t able to bolster their attacking options before Monday’s deadline.

Gone: Marcus Rashford will spend the remainder of the season on loan with Aston Villa.

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The club did, however, bring in defenders Patrick Dorgu and Ayden Heaven from Lecce and Arsenal respectively, but given the team’s struggles in front of goal, it was a surprise there was no movement in terms of signing a forward.

Having said that, Amorim insists whilst it’s a risky strategy, the club simply want to avoid repeating costly mistakes from the past.

"What I feel is that the club is taking its time, we know the urgency of the moment of the team, everybody here don’t want to make the same mistakes of the past, in the summer we will see,” he added. “But like I said, we are being really careful with transfers because we did some mistakes in the past.

Like we said before, we are fighting for our jobs until the summer

Ruben Amorim

"I think it’s a moment that is hard to turn things around in a few games. It’s going to be like that, really hard until the end of the season. Then we are taking that risk that you talk about because we want a different thing in our team and we want different profiles.

“That is my area. It was my decision to do that. Like I said, we are taking some risks, but it’s the way we want to proceed. We want to win some games. We can improve our team, we will have time to train because I was always complaining about the [lack of] time to train.

“So now, we have time to train, we are going to improve the team, the players and, like I said, I want a certain type of players – different profile – and we are changing right away."