Marcus Rashford has not played for Manchester United since before Christmas, and Ruben Amorim will no doubt be hoping that he leaves Old Trafford over the next week so that he no longer has to answer questions about the exiled forward.

Rashford's axing for the Manchester derby last month came as a shock, but it has long since stopped being a surprise to see his name omitted from United teamsheets.

Still, for as long as Amorim gives answers to questions about Rashford like the one he gave on Sunday, there's little chance of the questions about a possible reintegration stopping any time soon.

"It's always the same reason - the training, the way I see a footballer should do in life. It's every day, every detail," Amorim said when asked why Rashford was not available against Fulham.

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"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 [Manchester United's 63-year-old goalkeeper coach Jorge] Vital before a player who doesn't give the maximum every day."

A few miles down the M62, it's hard to imagine a scenario where Arne Slot leaves a player out of a Liverpool squad due to a lack of effort.

Slot could not talk his players' work rate up enough during a press conference after Saturday's 4-1 win over Ipswich, and Amorim's comments about Rashford highlight the difference in mentality between the two clubs right now.

Praising his team for managing Ipswich's counter-attacking threat at Anfield, Slot said: "It is a counter-attack threat with the wingers they (Ipswich) have and with [Liam] Delap but we managed to control that so, so, so well because of the amount of work we have put in."

The Dutchman also spoke specifically about the effort put in by Mohamed Salah and Dominik Szoboszlai during the match.

After Salah won the ball back in the build-up to Liverpool's fourth goal, Slot said: "Mostly about Mo it’s about his contract or about his goals, and now it’s about his defensive work-rate. That stood out because it was a moment we could all see, but I think if you look at almost all the times we lost the ball, I saw a reaction of many players like that."

On Szboszlai, who opening the scoring, Slot said: "He doesn’t always get the credits for the fact he is very important for this team, because his work-rate is unbelievable. He just keeps on running with the highest intensity, and that is so important for a team that wants to compete for something."