Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has suggested Ruben Amorim could have done more to try to help Marcus Rashford before the forward was effectively banished and sent on successive loans. The former Manchester United manager framed the issue as one of duty and proximity, arguing a manager should probe a player\u2019s wellbeing when form and mood change.<\/p>\n
Rashford has this season been rediscovering his goalscoring output while on loan with Barcelona. Solskjaer, who led United when Rashford scored 20-plus goals in successive seasons in 2019\u201320 and 2020\u201321, said he sees renewed enjoyment behind the improved output in Spain.<\/p>\n
\u201cI’ve not spoken to Marcus since, since I left… texting a little bit. It\u2019s circumstances,\u201d Solskjaer said on the new episode of Stick to Football , on The Overlap network. \u201cI don\u2019t know what\u2019s happened in Marcus\u2019s life, but you can see he\u2019s enjoying himself now in Barcelona. It looked like he didn\u2019t enjoy himself [at Manchester United ] at the end.\u201d<\/p>\n
Solskjaer did not name Amorim directly while offering his view that managers must try to understand why a player is unhappy, particularly when it affects performance. He warned against handling such issues publicly and described a manager\u2019s role in addressing off-field and on-field pressure.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll the pressures, every single one is different… the pressure of life, the pressure of football. We don\u2019t know what\u2019s happened to players when you walk in, in the morning, and see them grumpy,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s the manager\u2019s job, [to] speak, \u2018What\u2019s up? I can see something\u2019s wrong.\u2019 And you don\u2019t talk about that in the media most of the time.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t really know what\u2019s happened, you just want him to do well because he\u2019s an incredible player when he\u2019s in form and he\u2019s happy, and when he\u2019s got energy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Solskjaer also referenced a public falling out elsewhere at United, that between Jadon Sancho and Erik ten Hag. Sancho, signed under Solskjaer in 2021, is on a third consecutive loan this season at Aston Villa. \u201cWe wanted players who could break teams down, and Jadon, with his skill, link-up play, and little passes around the box, gave us that,\u201d Solskjaer explained.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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