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.
Why Bruno Fernandes isn't in the Manchester United squad vs Tottenham
manchestereveningnews.co.ukManchester United will be without Bruno Fernandes for the Premier League against Tottenham through illness, but David de Gea is available after recording a false positive Covid-19 test.
Ralf Rangnick confirmed De Gea tested positive on Friday night, at which point Dean Henderson looked set to make his first Premier League start of the season.
But a second test on De Gea returned negative, as did a subsequent PCR test, and the Spaniard is in the starting line-up against Tottenham. READ MORE: United vs Tottenham LIVE team news and updates There are five changes in total from the team that were beaten 4-1 by City six days ago.
Diogo Dalot, Raphael Varane, Nemanja Matic, Marcus Rashford and Cristiano Ronaldo all come into the side, with Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Victor Lindelof, Scott McTominay and Anthony Elanga dropping out alongside Fernandes. “We had a false positive test on David last night but we decided to have a second test, that was negative, then a PCR was negative and that’s why we can play him," Rangnick told MUTV of the disrupted build-up. “Bruno got ill yesterday, he couldn’t train and he cannot play, hopefully he’ll be back for Tuesday but today he is out." Rashford might be the big beneficiary of Fernandes' absence, getting the start he's been asking for in a week when his future at the club has been questioned, with Jadon Sancho also on the wing and Ronaldo leading the line. “We decided to play with both [Marcus and Jadon] to start with, I'm looking forward to a top performance from our side," said Rangnick.
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