Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim questioned the decision-making of Marcus Rashford's advisors following comments made about his future at Old Trafford. 

Rashford was quoted in an interview with Henry Winter as wanting "a new challenge" after being left out of the Red Devils' win over Manchester City earlier this month. 

Since then, the 27-year-old has been left out of Amorim's last three matchday squads, which included their EFL Cup defeat to Tottenham and Sunday's loss to Bournemouth. 

This season, only Amad Diallo (eight) and Bruno Fernandes (nine) have been involved in more goals than Rashford (five) in the Premier League. 

And Amorim is keen to separate the off-field choices made by those around Rashford to help the forward return to his ranks and improve him as a player. 

"It's a hard situation. I understand these players have a lot of people around them, making choices that are not the first idea from the player," Amorim told Sky Sports. 

"They chose to do the interview as it is not just Marcus. At the moment, I'm focused on improving him. We need a talented guy like Marcus and I forget the interview now.

"We will deal with the future when the time comes."

United will be hoping to return to winning ways on Boxing Day against Wolves, starting the day in 13th place, which is their lowest ever Premier League position at Christmas. 

In both Premier League and English Football League history, the Red Devils have won more games and scored more goals on Boxing Day than any other side (22 wins, 74 goals in the Premier League, 54 wins, 202 goals all time).

United have also won seven of their last eight Premier League games against Wolves, with the exception being a 1-0 home defeat in January 2022.

But they have lost three of Amorim's six league matches, while Rashford has scored three goals in his six appearances under his new manager in all competitions.

The Portuguese manager initially cited "the performance in training, the way you dress, the way you eat, the way you engage with your teammates" as reasons for leaving Rashford and Alejandro Garnacho out of the Manchester derby.