Ruben Amorim has been urged to sell two more Manchester United players after Marcus Rashford. Rashford is expected to leave Old Trafford after admitting last month he was ‘ready for a new challenge’. The England forward has been at his boyhood club since the age seven and scored 30 goals in Erik ten Hag ’s first season in charge.

Ruben Amorim has said that Manchester United “need to improve recruitment” and maintained he wants Kobbie Mainoo to stay at the club. Amorim, 39, said that United need to target players who can deal with the demands that come with playing at Old Trafford while adding that the club’s intentions are to maintain their best academy talents.

Ruben Amorim has played down the prospect of Manchester United strengthening their squad in the January window but insisted that he wants to keep his best players following speculation that Kobbie Mainoo could leave Old Trafford.