Ralf Rangnick has warned next Manchester United manager about squad problem

Manchester United are hopeful of identifying their next permanent manager before the season ends, and the weekend draw with Leicester further highlighted just how big a task they will have on their hands in the first few weeks of the job.

United suffered from a lack of a cutting edge in the match, with Cristiano Ronaldo and Edinson Cavani both missing through injury, while out-of-favour forward Marcus Rashford was not backed to start the game.

Ralf Rangnick admitted Rashford's 'lack of confidence' was a key reason behind his bench role, though it is hard to see how playing a strikerless system without him would ever help to restore his self-belief.

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Rashford is not actively pushing for a move away from United but is considering his options ahead of the summer window, with the England international well aware that an improvement in form is essential if he is to travel to the World Cup at the end of the calendar year.

The next United manager will need to sit down with the 24-year-old to establish where he sits in the pecking order under the new regime, though Rashford might already be deemed irreplaceable by whoever takes over next.

Anthony Martial has hardly set the world alight for Sevilla, and as things stand, it seems unlikely the Spanish side will pursue a permanent move for him at the end of the season. Under a new manager, he might well have a fresh start at United, though it is hard to envisage any scenario where he gets a regular starting role.

With Cavani, Jesse Lingard, Juan Mata and Paul Pogba all set to leave for free at the end of the season and Mason Greenwood still unavailable, those depleted forward