Marcus Rashford is part of Manchester United’s Carabao Cup final squad traveling to Wembley to face off against Newcastle.
Rashford picked up a knock in his last game against Barcelona in the Europa League and was substituted in the second half, causing a few worries.
Red Devils boss Erik ten Hag said on Friday that Rashford’s fitness was going to be assessed to see if he could play in the final on Sunday.
The Dutch manager told the media: “I don’t know, the players now are coming in — we have to do a medical investigation, we did straight after the game, but most of time you have to wait for a 100 per cent diagnosis.”
Now, though, there is more optimism that he will take part as he has been named in the traveling squad.
Rashford posted a picture on his Instagram story after the Barcelona game with the bandage emoji, suggesting he had suffered an injury that could rule him out of the final.
A video also emerged of him limping out of Old Trafford after the game and that wasn’t an encouraging sign for Man United.
There forward options are already thin as Wout Weghorst the only other Red Devil capable of playing as a striker, with Anthony Martial already ruled out of the game.
Rashford has been in the form of his career this campaign having netted a career-best 24 goals this season already.
Four of those goals have come in the Carabao Cup, making him the joint-top goalscorer and a goal in the final could give him the outright lead in the competition.
More importantly for him, though, is a chance for Man United to end a trophy drought that has lasted nearly six years, with the club’s last trophy coming in 2017 when they won the Europa League.