First club 'drops out of the race' to sign Marcus Rashford as Man Utd star's future takes surprise new twist

One of Manchester United’s Premier League rivals has already been ‘ruled out’ of the race to sign Marcus Rashford.

Rashford, 27, has been the subject of widespread transfer speculation of late, having been left out of Man United’s 20-man matchday squad by Ruben Amorim for the 2-1 win against Manchester City last Sunday.

The England international – alongside Alejandro Garnacho – was omitted from the squad for the Manchester derby due to “selection” reasons.

“We try to evaluate everything, training performance, game performances, engagement with team-mates, push their team-mates up,” Amorim told Sky Sports ahead of kick-off.

On Monday, Rashford was sent home from training as he was sick and deemed to have had a ‘high temperature’ according to the Mail.

On Tuesday, he visited his old primary school, handing out gifts to pupils and discussing how he felt he was “ready for a new challenge”, according to Henry Winter.

As a result, several clubs have been linked with a potential move for the player with PSG, and several Saudi Arabian sides reportedly interested in offering Rashford a way out of United.

However, it is a Premier League side that has been ‘ruled out’ of the race to sign the player.

Marcus Rashford could leave Manchester United (Credit:Getty)

As reported by the Mail, “There are currently no indications that Arsenal will consider revisiting their tentative interest in Marcus Rashford”.

The report suggests that the “predicted cost” of a move for Rashford halted any potential transfer to Arsenal last summer, with the player’s wages – reportedly £375,000 per week according to Capology – likely to be a sticking point in negotiations with other clubs.

Of course, despite Gabriel Jesus impressing with a hat-trick in the 3-2 Carabao Cup quarter-final win against Crystal Palace on Wednesday, Arsenal lack a proven goal scorer up front and heavily rely on winger Bukayo Saka as their main attacking threat.

Kai Havertz has registered ten strikes in 23 games but is seemingly not consistent enough in ‘big games’ while Gabriel Martinelli has scored just four times this term.

Mikel Arteta’s side has been linked with Juventus forward Dusan Vlahovic, but it is still unclear if the club are likely to pursue signing the Serbian.