Manchester United face transfer problem as two deals would spark concern

It feels a long time ago that the Ruben Amorim era at Manchester United began with a bang at Portman Road.

Barley two minutes in and Marcus Rashford had scored for the Reds at Ipswich and prompted plenty to wonder whether he might prove the striker beneficiary in the central role in Amorim's set-up.

Within a matter of months, Rashford was on loan at Aston Villa and he has no future at United. The decision to cast him aside is ultimately one for Amorim and it will likely still provoke debate while United continue to struggle in front of goal.

His expected departure would also see the end of a two-decade association for Rashford at United, having first joined the club aged seven.

The Reds have almost always had young English talent in their side and more often than not those players are local lads who have come through the ranks at Old Trafford.

Sometimes the talent comes from further afield but a look down some of the greatest players in the club's rich history includes plenty schooled in the ways of United and born and raised in the city.

Yet just now that path is, if not empty, certainly sparse. United didn't have a single player in the last England squad and they don't have a representative in the England Under-21 squad currently competing in the European Championships.

And two prospective transfers this summer could see the prospective numbers drop further. United are keen to move Rashford on this summer. His fellow academy graduate Kobbie Mainoo could follow.

The midfielder was an England regular 12 months ago, playing in the European Championships having ended a breakthrough campaign at United with a goal in the FA Cup final win over Manchester City.

But little over a year on, a combination of injury, form