Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim has given a damning public dressing down of Marcus Rashford - claiming he would rather put the club's goalkeeper coach on the bench than the forward due to effort.
Rashford was once again left out of United's matchday squad for the 1-0 win over Fulham, in which Amorim's side scored through Lisandro Martinez's deflected strike - their only shot on target.
The England international has not been in a Premier League matchday squad for United in nearly two months and Amorim says Rashford is not giving off the attitude of someone "giving the maximum every day".
With one week to go until the January transfer window closes, Amorim said "if things don't change, I will not change" with regards to Rashford's status in the United squad.
"It's always the same reason: the training, the way I see a footballer should do in life. It's every day, every detail," said Amorim in his post-match press conference at Craven Cottage.
"If things don't change, I will not change. It's the same situation for every player, if you do the maximum and right things we can use every player.
"You can see on the bench we miss a bit of pace on the bench. But I would put [Man Utd goalkeeper coach Jorge] Vital before a player who doesn't give the maximum every day."
United goalkeeper coach Vital, who moved to Old Trafford alongside Amorim from Sporting CP in November, is 63 years old.
Amorim: Man Utd lack pace and power up front, we have issue scoring goals
Amorim's comments on Rashford came after the United boss admitted his team still have a problem scoring goals this season - and that his squad lacks "pace and power up front".
At Craven Cottage on Sunday, United had to wait 42 minutes for their first shot at goal - a tame Matthijs de Ligt half chance - and also failed to score from open play in the first half for the 12th Premier League match in a row.
With Rasmus Hojlund taken off close to the hour mark after making little impact and his replacement Joshua Zirkzee touching the ball just eight times in the remaining half an hour, Amorim admits there is room for improvement in his forward line.
Asked if scoring goals is a problem for his team, Amorim told TNT Sports: "I think so. Even in the second half we wanted to change something, we lack some pace and power up front.
"But it is what it is. We need to have ball creators, more chances. We struggle a lot in these details. But winning helps a lot to improve."
Asked if he expects any extra help from the remaining week of the transfer window, Amorim replied: "We have to be cautious. Even the rules here, we have to follow the rules.
"We did [transfer] mistakes in the past, we can't do it now. We are focused on improving the team, let's see. Let's focus on the players we have and focus on the next game."