Manchester United coach Ruben Amorim issues warning to Marcus Rashford

Ruben Amorim has stressed Marcus Rashford has "to want it" if he is to regain his prolific form at Manchester United.

Rashford, 27, scored his fifth goal of the season in Amorim's first match in charge at Ipswich Town on Sunday but the academy graduate has only tallied 13 club goals since the start of last season.

Amorim selected Rashford as the striker in his 3-4-3 formation at Portman Road yet Rashford's most prolific season was from the left wing when he plundered 30 goals in 2022-23.

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Rashford was dropped from the England squad for the European Championship in the summer and has failed to force his way back in. Amorim conceded the centre forward's role is not Rashford's best.

"I will try to help him," Amorim assured. "That position is not the best one for him, especially in a game like that. We have to kick with high pressure, we have to kick the ball so many times and it was like fighting with two giants.

"We'll try to find the right solution for him, as for the other players. But he has to be Marcus, first of all, to try to return to that moment and then he will have all the help of the staff, the club and the fans because he's a Manchester United boy. But he has to be the first one to want it."

Amorim started Rashford ahead of £108.5million striker duo Rasmus Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee. Hojlund has managed only two goals in 12 appearances this term while Zirkzee has got one in 18.

Senior figures at United are unconvinced by Zirkzee, who arrived from Bologna for £36.5m in the summer, and United still have a 0 goal difference in the Premier League, having mustered a mere 13 goals in 12 fixtures.

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