Marcus Rashford was named on the Aston Villa bench for the fifth round of the FA Cup with Tottenham Hotspur, with Donyell Malen giving the nod forward to replace the injured Ollie Watkins.
Rashford moved to the villa in the last days of the January transfer window after being frozen in Old Trafford by Ruben Amorim, after publicly criticized his stance and levels of effort.
The 27 -year -old trained with the new Villa teammates this week, Top Unai Emery to call his “fantastic” applicationBut he will have a brief follow -up to start with after Malen he received the nod front with watkins out and Jhon Duran is no longer an option after Al Nassr’s joining.
Tyrone Mings, Ross Barkley, Pau Torres and Matty Cash injured for VillaWhile Axel Disasi, who joined Chelsea on the day of the deadline, was hired by January, is not eligible after playing in the third round for Enzo Maresca. Marco Asensio is named on the bench alongside Rashford.
In the accumulation of the game, Emery said: “I am very happy with the window we did, I am very happy with him (Rashford). The conversation I had with him was a very normal conversation with a player and coach, talking about football.
“I don’t want to know why he leaves Manchester, but I’m very happy to keep him here and I am very happy to try to exploit and help him recover his performance, individually and collectively. My challenge with him is a Huge challenge.
“The most important thing for Sunday is how we can enjoy at Villa Park with our supporters a match like this. In this cup, it is a very famous Cup in England for many supporters. It is really special and very important to pass from this competition successful in a few moments. “
Tottenham Manager Ange Postecoglou continues to combat an extensive list of injuries including Cristian Romero, Destiny Udogie, James Maddison, Dominic Solanke, Brennan Johnson and Richarlison, but named Mathys Tel in his original line for the first time after the first time after the Movement of his loan by Bundesliga Giane.
Lucas Bergvall has been revoked in the middle section and teenager Mikey Moore starts once again to support Tel and Captain Son Heung-Min.
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2025-02-09 19:41:00
