Marcus Rashford and Alejandro Garnacho have been left out of Manchester United’s squad to face Manchester City.
United declined to offer an explanation for the absence of either player from the game, instead simply stating that neither has been selected on the bench.
According to the Manchester Evening Newsboth Rashford and Garnacho took part in training on Sunday morning and neither player is injured, suggesting Amorim’s decision is purely tactical.
said Amorim Sky Sports: “We tried to evaluate everything: training, performance, game performance, commitment to teammates, pushing teammates up… Everything is at stake when we analyze and try to pick players. So my pick. Simple .
“I don’t want to send a message, it’s simply an assessment and they know it. The players are very, very smart and so everyone understands my decision and I have to choose. It’s a simple selection.”
Rashford’s omission from the squad comes at a time when his future at United is up in the air. It was recently reported that the The Red Devils are open to selling the academy graduate in the January transfer period.
Another report went so far as to claim united would be willing to sell Rashford for as little as £40 million.
As for Garnacho, he has been embroiled in allegations of a locker room leak, with his brother forced to deny being responsible for several leaks of team news.
of Amorim the entire initial lineup seemed to be leaking onto social media before the match It turned out to be 100% correct, although whether this is pure coincidence or not is unknown.
