Rio Ferdinand says he would be embarrassed if he was in ’s position after manager .

The England international, who hasn't played since December 12, was left out of the squad again for United's 1-0 win at . Following Sunday night's match, , Jorge Vital, in his matchday squad than the forward.

by emphasising the importance of daily effort in training and life and said: "The reason (why Rashford is not playing) is the training, what I think a footballer should do in training, in life and every day... I will put (in) Vital before I put (in) a player who doesn’t give the maximum every day."

And Ferdinand, on his Presents podcast, has discussed the severity of Amorim's remarks, saying: "If I was that player that the manager said that about, my heart, my pride, my ego – embarrassment.

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"For someone to question your application, to question (whether) you’re going out there and giving 100 per cent for your team, (suggesting) that you’re going to slack off and you’re taking shortcuts…

"We all have days off or moments when we’re not performing well, lacking confidence, but effort isn’t really one of the things I would want to be hearing a manager say is lacking in my makeup."

Ferdinand added: "That’s a damning comment, because I think he knows what the reaction is after that comment. He’s not saying that without thinking, ‘Where does this go after?’ There’s really no way back for Marcus after that, I don’t think, with that type of comment.

"You’re looking at it and going, ‘He (Amorim, who took charge in November) has only been there a short bit of time and he’s actually straight away gone, he’s pulled out the nine-millimetre revolver and just gone bang’. There’s no way back from that.

"If he comes back, that means other players can now take their foot off the gas and still have a way back into the team.” Rashford posted a message on his stories that simply read: "Congratulations on the win lads."

Ferdinand also mentioned that if he were in Rashford's shoes, he would hold a press conference to clear his name. "If it isn’t true and it was me he said that about, I am coming out all guns blazing. I’m holding a press conference, I’m coming out and saying, ‘I’m having no-one chat about me like that in the media’. But you only come out if you’re 100 per cent sure that nobody can say you take the shortcuts

“Sometimes I think in these situations, if you’re doing things right, communicate it. Because the manager can question how well or bad I’m playing, or my form, but if he’s questioning my effort, I’m sorry, I’m coming back out, next time I’m around any press people – ‘the effort, he needs to back or I’m suing him’.

“I would love to sit across the table from Marcus, look in his eyes and go, ‘Can you say that? Could you be confident enough to go out and do that? Because if you can’t, look at yourself’.”

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