Marcus Rashford is a major doubt for Manchester United’s Carabao Cup final against Newcastle on Sunday.
Rashford suffered a knock in United’s 2-1 win over Barcelona on Thursday with Erik ten Hag’s side sealing a 4-3 aggregate victory to book their place in the next stage of the Europa League.
Late in the second-half, the England star was on the receiving end of a tough fair challenge from Ronald Araujo, thwarting a counter attack but leaving the United forward needing treatment.
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Rashford was eventually replaced after 88 minutes by Scott McTominay, removing his left boot as he left the pitch.
Late on Thursday, he shared an image of him coming off with an injured emoji, sparking fears over his availability for the final at Wembley this weekend.
Addressing the press on Friday, ten Hag explained the club face a nervous wait to learn if Rashford will be available.
‘I don’t know, players now are coming in, we have to do medical investigations,’ ten Hag said.
‘Yesterday we did but it was so soon after the game we have to wait for a 100 per cent diagnosis. We have to wait.’
Rashford has been the most prolific striker in Europe since club football returned after the World Cup, scoring 16 times in a superb run of form.
Should the England international be unavailable, ten Hag will face headache up front having also confirmed Anthony Martial will not be involved on Sunday.
Martial has been struggling with a hip problem in recent weeks having only returned after a seven game absence off the bench against Nottingham this month.
