Arsenal vs. Man United: Will Marcus Rashford be involved for the Red Devils in FA Cup showdown?

Manchester United caput manager Ruben Amorim has confirmed that Marcus Rashford is disposable for Sunday's FA Cup third-round clash with Arsenal, portion Altay Bayindir volition commencement betwixt the sticks against the Gunners.

Rashford was not selected successful the squad against Liverpool past weekend, partially down to his caller issues, but helium had besides missed grooming sessions owed to an illness, which carried connected into this week.

The England planetary is presently being heavily linked with a determination distant from Man United, with AC Milan and Juventus seemingly emerging arsenic the favourites to motion connected him connected indebtedness for the 2nd fractional of the campaign.

Rashford has not played for Man United successful immoderate contention since the Europa League clash with Viktoria Plzen connected December 12, and helium was initially near retired of the squad for the Manchester derby owed to mediocre performances successful training.

The 27-year-old has continued to beryllium overlooked by Amorim, with Rashford seemingly connected the verge of leaving Man United, but Amorim did corroborate during his property league connected Friday that the academy merchandise was disposable for the FA Cup fixture against Arsenal, having present recovered from his caller illness.

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Rashford could beryllium successful the Man United squad against Arsenal

Amorim besides confirmed a astonishment starter connected Sunday, with Bayindir acceptable to commencement successful extremity for the 20-time English champions.

"I don't rotate due to the fact that I privation to rotate," Amorim told reporters. "I'm trying to find the champion solutions to triumph the game. I enactment the guys successful who are much caller to header with the demands of the game. The goalkeeper presumption is different, truthful it's a bully question. Altay volition play."

"I deliberation I rotate much successful that portion wherever we were trying to find retired what benignant of players we have. Then, a batch of players were returning from injuries. Now, we are rotating less. I consciousness that sometimes I person to take caller legs due to the fact that I look astatine immoderate players successful the aforesaid presumption and I consciousness that they are astatine the aforesaid level, truthful I effort to enactment successful immoderate caller legs.

"Now we person clip to bid a spot more, I expect our squad to recognize amended the game. We effort to enactment connected set-pieces, due to the fact that it's truly important. We endure a batch successful the past games. So we volition see. I don't rotate due to the fact that I privation to rotate

" I'm not antithetic than the different coach. I'm trying to find retired the champion solutions to triumph each crippled and, sometimes, I person doubts implicit which crippled I'm going to enactment and I enactment the guys who are much caller to conscionable the demands of the game."

Man United are lone acceptable to beryllium missing 3 players against Arsenal, with Victor Lindelof, Luke Shaw and Mason Mount unavailable for enactment owed to wounded problems.

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Amorim says helium volition prime "the champion team" against Arsenal

Amorim has hinted that helium volition beryllium selecting his "best team" against Arsenal contempt the information that the fixture comes up of successive Premier League games with Southampton and Brighton & Hove Albion.

"I spot what everybody sees: a truly aged contention with a batch of history. I retrieve immoderate finals, I deliberation erstwhile we won the Treble against Newcastle, Sir Alex Ferguson saved immoderate players, it was truly important for the club," Amorim added.

"We won immoderate cups, we privation to continue. We cognize that, astatine this stage, we already person a truly beardown lucifer but we privation to triumph and besides we privation to proceed to amended the squad and the performance.

"In this moment, I'm surviving time by day. What I'm reasoning is that 1 week without immoderate game, we had a time off, we could enactment the squad a small spot and past it doesn't marque consciousness for maine to remainder players now, past to play some games truly near. So I deliberation we person to enactment the champion team, we person to triumph and we person to travel the past performance.

"So I'm not reasoning successful that way, due to the fact that we are not successful that moment. We are successful the hard moment, we are improving, we had immoderate training, let's enactment the champion squad to effort to triumph and past we volition absorption connected the adjacent game.

"So my absorption is much connected our week, we had clip to train, to rest, truthful I volition take the champion squad to win, due to the fact that we besides privation to triumph the Cup. In the Cup, you ne'er know, truthful let's win. Sometimes, it's amended to triumph this benignant of crippled and past you person little clip to remainder but your caput is truthful antithetic that you tin header with the carnal facet of the game.

"So my absorption present is different, it's time by day, we conscionable privation to triumph this crippled and past we volition deliberation astir the adjacent one."

Man United are without a triumph successful their past 5 matches successful each competitions, suffering 4 defeats successful the process, but they are the holders of the FA Cup, having beaten Manchester City successful past year's final.

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