Manchester United’s Ruben Amorim responds to criticism of Marcus Rashford and Casemiro over US trips

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Neville said “it’s not right” that the pair flew across the Atlantic in the context of United’s poor season, and with new manager Amorim arriving to take his first training session at United’s Carrington complex on Monday. This is something, as a club, we have to decide.” open image in gallery Ruben Amorim speaks to the media at Manchester United’s training ground Asked whether he felt five days was too long a period to take off during mid-season, Amorim said: “For me, yes, for sure. They received information ‘five days off, do what you like’, so we have to as a club set better standards, and we will try to do that.” Neville had made his criticisms on the latest episode of the Stick to Football podcast earlier this week, saying: “The professionalism, looking after your body and making sure you’re best prepared for the next training session is critical to every decision you make during the season. open image in gallery Ruben Amorim speaks to the media ahead of his first game in charge of Manchester United “I’m not that wound up about Rashford and Casemiro going over to the United States but what I’m asking is, if you’ve got a four-day break, Portland is a 12-hour flight and an eight-hour time difference, your jetlag is bad, and you feel a bit.