Gary Neville says Marcus Rashford's career at Manchester United is nearing an 'inevitable end'

Gary Neville believes Marcus Rashford is approaching the “inevitable end” of his Manchester United career after being left out of the matchday squad on Sunday. The 27-year-old England international will sit out a third consecutive match as United prepare to face Bournemouth in the Premier League at Old Trafford. Rashford was also left out by new manager Ruben Amorim for last weekend's 2-1 win at Manchester City and Thursday's 4-3 League Cup quarter-final defeat at Tottenham.

A product of the United youth system, Rashford told journalist Henry Winter on Tuesday that he is “ready for a new challenge and the next step”, with former United and England full-back Neville now believing that Little can be done to prevent separation. Players and clubs.

“It's not really big team news anymore,” Neville told Sky Sports shortly before Sunday's match. “It's a norm, a pattern has developed over the past week. Last weekend it was a surprise.

“It's getting to the point where you have him out three games on the bounce, something really clearly is going wrong or has gone wrong and it's not good for Marcus's future at the club or for Manchester United to keep him. Unable to do.

“I suspect it's reaching a point in the journey where it has reached an inevitable end.”

Neville, now a pundit, said: “It's a distraction for the manager. It becomes clear that perhaps he has to leave and the club wants him to leave – it will probably work out for both parties.

“There are also good examples of players who have struggled at United… Jadon Sancho has gone to Chelsea and is doing better, Scott McTominay wasn't struggling but he left to go to Napoli and he's doing well, so Marcus You might think it's the right thing for him too.”

Amorim cited “selection” reasons for Rashford's absence from the last two matches and did so again on Sunday, with the Portuguese boss, speaking before kick-off against Cherries, saying: “It's my decision and it always will be. .

“It's selection. I want to see my best players and I try different things with different players, so that's my focus.”