Ruben Amorim is in the dark above the future of Marcus Rashford in Manchester United while the clock taps the Deadline Day of Transfer.
Rashford has been associated with a step away from Old Trafford after he said that he is 'ready for a new challenge and the next steps' in his career. The 27-year-old and did not play in the last 10 games of United and looked at the Europa League victory on Thursday evening on Rangers of a box in the Sir Alex Ferguson stand.
Borussia Dortmund and Barcelona are linked to signing Rashford until the end of the season, but the wages of £ 315,000 a week a week appear to be a stumbling block in negotiations.
With 10 days to go until the transfer window closes in January, Amorim is still not sure how the situation with Rashford will take place.
“I don't know, I really don't know,” he said. 'Guys, it's 10 days. We will see at the end of the window what happened. And then we will talk about that at the moment. '
The other highest earner of United, Casemiro, is also confronted with an uncertain future, after he had spent the last five games on the bank as an unused replacement. The 32-year-old Brazilian was associated with a move to Saudi Arabia, where clubs could pay for £ 375,000 a week.
Amorin explained the absence of Casemiro: 'He must have the characteristics and then I have to choose the player with characteristics that I see the game. So it's just that.
“I have to make some choices. I want to play a game style that is sometimes different from other coaches, and I have to choose based on that, that's all. '
Amorim Altay Bayindir gave his first match in Europe for United Against Rangers after Andre Onana was guilty of an expensive error in Sunday's defeat against Brighton.
Although Onana's blunder was a consideration, Amorim insisted that it was always planned to bring in Bayindir who was the hero of United in the FA Cup Penalty Shootout -victory in Arsenal earlier this month.
“It is always an even fight, but this was rotation, it was prepared,” he added. 'I also think of the mistake and then the idea that I am sending you and the fans, but the rotation was done. Everything was prepared and we treat it normally.
'We think we have two really good keepers. They need time to play, they need the space in the team, so this rotation is prepared.
'That wrong was my concern, but in the end we continue with the same plan that we did last week.
“I see him (Bayindir) in the same way. He is willing to help the team and that is the most important thing. '
Amorim revealed that Matthijs de Ligt came in during the break against Rangers with 'a bruise' and Leny Yoro also felt some pain that could influence his involvement on Fulham on Sunday evening. 'Leny was a bit tired, he is playing more right now, so we have to be very careful. We will see. Don't know.'
United will also follow a cautious approach with Luke Shaw, who is almost a return almost a year after his last start for the club.
“He will be fit to train with the team and then we have to start doing small minutes,” Amorim said.
'We don't have much time to train. We have to do some exercises in 10 minutes, then he has to make extra work to improve his fitness, so I don't know. It is two weeks to start training and to think about him in a few minutes. '
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