Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford is not expected to feature when Gareth Southgate names his first England squad for Euro 2024 on Tuesday afternoon.
Southgate has shown something of a ruthless side as he looks to add new blood to a squad that will be decided on a 26-man squad later, with Crystal Palace midfielder Adam Wharton a surprise inclusion, and other fringe names making the long list.
Jordan Henderson and Raheem Sterling are out this season, which could be the end of the former international’s career, too Athletic reported that Rashford was also missing.
The 26-year-old, who broke into England’s Euro 2016 squad at the age of 18, has been plagued by injuries in recent weeks and has seen his club slump. After a return of 30 goals in 2022/23, Rashford has only managed eight in 2023/24.
Although he is well known at world level and has 60 caps to his name, doubts about his place at Euro 2024 have been rife for some time. Now that the tournament is upon us, it seems he hasn’t done enough for Southgate to pick him ahead of other options like Ivan Toney, Jarrod Bowen and Cole Palmer. It means that Rashford’s run of four consecutive championships is over.
Even as his form was questioned, Rashford was suddenly dropped. Unlike Sterling, who has not featured since the 2022 World Cup, the United man was part of the squad for the recent international break in March and has not been left out for nearly two years.
England will play warm-up friendlies against Bosnia & Herzegovina and Iceland on home soil in the first week of June, before heading to west Germany and setting up their group stage camp against Serbia, Denmark and Slovenia.
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