Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has confirmed that star forward Marcus Rashford has suffered a double stress fracture in his back and faces at least six weeks on the sidelines.
The 22-year-old Rashford hobbled out of the midweek FA Cup win against Wolverhampton Wanderers having come on as a substitute to replace Mason Greenwood.
Following the 1-0 win, Solskjaer revealed that his striker had already been dealing with a back problem, although he was initially hopeful that Rashford would be able to play against fierce rivals Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday.
However, Rashford missed the 2-0 defeat against the Premier League leaders and is now facing a lengthy spell on the sidelines, dealing a blow to both fifth-placed United, as the clubs top scorer, as well as his national team England ahead of the Euro 2020 in the summer.
While speaking to reporters after the Liverpool game the 46-year-old Solskjaer stated that Rashford has suffered a stress fracture in his back and will be out of action for a while, “He’s suffered a bad injury, It’s a stress fracture that happened against Wolverhampton, and it’s not something that has happened before. It was there and then.”
The Norwegian further continued to explain the unfortunate incident for his best player for the season so far but still did not put a timeline on Rashford’s injury, “It’s unlucky for Marcus. He’ll be out for a while for us. He won’t be back until after the mid-season break [in mid-February]. I don’t know how long it is – I’m not a doctor – but normally a stress fracture is six weeks to heal and then he needs some rehab after that probably.”
Solskjaer acknowledged that United may now have to consider a loan move for a player in the January transfer window to bring in cover for Rashford, who has already scored 14 Premier League goals this term.
