Marcus Rashford's poor form for Manchester United has seen him left out of the England squad for this month's international friendlies, along with in-form winger Jadon Sancho.
England face Switzerland and Ivory Coast at Wembley having secured World Cup qualification earlier in the season, with Gareth Southgate using the opportunity to make some changes to his squad.
Rashford has struggled this season, and has only started six times for United in 2022. He's now gone 10 games without a goal, and hasn't completed 90 minutes in his last 17 outings. In total, he has just five goals from 26 appearances in 2021/22, and he hasn't featured for England since missing a penalty in the Euro 2020 final in the summer.
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Rashford was injured for the first two international breaks of the season, before being named in the November squad. However, he was forced to withdraw with injury for those fixtures, too, and has now been left out of the squad all together.
Under-fire captain Harry Maguire and left-back Luke Shaw, are the only United representatives in Southgate's 25-man squad. In place of Rashford and Sancho , Southgate has picked Tammy Abraham, Emile Smith-Rowe and Bukayo Saka in attack.
Rashford issued a statement this week after he was filmed reacting to abuse from fans criticising his performance in United's Champions League exit to Atletico Madrid. Rashford admitted he was wrong to react, but said he was only human.
Sancho's surprise omission comes off the back of some good form as one of United's better performers in recent weeks, while the club will be hoping Maguire can use the break to rediscover some confidence as he often enjoys playing for England. There is no place for Dean Henderson or Jesse Lingard, who miss out along with Rashford.
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Full England squad: Pickford, Pope, Ramsdale; Alexander-Arnold, Coady, Guehi, James, Maguire, Mings, Shaw, Stones, White; Bellingham, Gallagher, Henderson, Mount, Rice, Ward-Prowse; Abraham, Foden, Grealish, Kane, Saka, Smith-Rowe, Sterling.
