Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim has labeled his side the “worst team” in the club’s history after yet another chastening Premier League defeat on Sunday.

It's either part of some high-stakes 10-dimensional strategy we cannot fathom or signs of a man with a kamikaze pilot approach to emotional restraint.

Current position of United in the 20-team Premier League after 21 of 38 games. With 26 points, United is closer to the relegation zone than the European qualification places and on course for its lowest finish in the Premier League era (since 1992), which is eighth last year.

United lost 3-1 to Brighton at home on Sunday and continue to fail to approach midtable, but are they really the worst?

In the aftermath of a 3-1 defeat to Brighton at Old Trafford, Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim has declared that his squad of players are possibly the worst in the club’s entire history.

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Marcus Rashford remains ready and willing to answer Ruben Amorim’s call should the Manchester United manager end his exile and has been undertaking extra training in a bid to maintain his fitness, Telegraph Sport understands.

Man Utd are set to allow one of their most controversial signings to leave the club in the January transfer window.