The unspoken rules of football dictate that there is a limit on the time a senior player can spend frozen out of the first team reckoning pending a change in behaviour. What starts as a measure to prompt change gradually calcifies into something more permanent and,

The Portuguese manager's tough stance on Marcus Rashford has not outraged supporters but they must be wondering exactly what the striker has done to be frozen out of the squad

Instead, it is said that Rashford could leave United on loan until the end of the season, which would give him the chance to improve his form and rebuild his reputation which has