Marcus Rashford (born 31 October 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Manchester United and the England national team.
A Manchester United player from the age of seven, he scored two goals on both his first-team debut against Midtjylland in the UEFA Europa League in February 2016 and his Premier League debut against Arsenal three days later.
He also scored in his first Manchester derby match, his first EFL Cup match and his first UEFA Champions League match. With United, Rashford has so far won the FA Cup, EFL Cup, FA Community Shield and UEFA Europa League.
Bruno Miguel Borges Fernandes (born 8 September 1994) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Primeira Liga club Sporting CP and the Portugal national team as a midfielder. Fernandes started his career at Serie B side Novara Calcio and soon featured for Udinese and Sampdoria in Serie A.
In 2017, he signed with Sporting CP where he established himself as one of the best players in the Primeira Liga. He was named the LPFP Primeira Liga Player of the Year in both 2017–18 and 2018–19. In the latter season, he also helped Sporting win the Taça de Portugal. A senior international since 2017, Fernandes represented Portugal at the 2016 Summer Olympics and 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Eddie Howe could be sweating on the availability of strikers Alexander Isak and Callum Wilson ahead of Wednesday's trip to Manchester United.
Newcastle are in pole position to edge United out of a European spot for next season and they will be aiming to follow up their 3-0 win in the Carabao Cup at Old Trafford earlier this season.
Both teams have suffered chronic injury issues this season and some key men are battling to be fit for the fixture. Wilson missed Newcastle's draw with Brighton on Saturday due to "illness and tightness", while Isak was substituted after 68 minutes having also suffered from illness in the build-up to the game.
Both are expected to be in contention for the game at Old Trafford at this stage. ALSO READ: Starmer sees Old Trafford problems first hand as Sir Jim Ratcliffe calls on his help ALSO READ: United have found their FA Cup final gameplan after gritty Arsenal performance Kieran Trippier will hope to make his first start in more than two months having come off the bench against the Seagulls while centre-back Fabian Schar is battling to recover from a hamstring injury.
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