Man Utd Starlet Marcus Rashford Dropped to England U21 Side After Lack of Playing Time

Manchester United's young forward Marcus Rashford has been dropped from Sam Allardyce'sEngland squad, having beendemoted to the recently announced Under-21 side.

The 18-year-old, who was a surprise inclusion in Roy Hodgson's squad for Euro 2016, is yet to play a single minute of Premier League football under Jose Mourinho this year, prompting a call-up to the England under-21's to further his development.

Rashford impressed in his two substitute appearances at Euro 2016, with many supporters berating Roy Hodgson for not bringing him on earlier in England's embarrassingRound of 16 defeat to Iceland.

Gareth Southgatenamed Rashford in the24-man squad for theEngland under-21's upcoming Euro qualifieragainst Norway. Speaking about hisreasoning, asquotedbyThe Mirror, he said:"Sam [Allardyce] is quite keen that people are playing regularly, we think that it's now a good opportunity in his international development for him to be with the U21s.

"Marcus is a young player and still developing so this is a big part of his international education really.

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"We've got a good week's work ahead with a very strong squad and we're playing Norway, who are doing similar with their players as they've just named Martin Odegaard in their squad.

"We've had it in the past with the likes of Raheem Sterling, Harry Kane, John Stones and Calum Chambers joining us after being with the seniors, so it's something we're familiar with.

"Marcus has a good mentality, so I know he'll respond in the right way and we're looking forward to working with him."

Rashford burst onto the scene without a single under-21 cap to his name last season, scoring two goals on his debut in the Europa League before scoring another brace against Arsenal in a 3-2 win on his Premier League debut.

Full squad:

Goalkeepers: Angus Gunn (Manchester City), Jordan Pickford (Sunderland), Joe Wildsmith (Sheffield Wednesday)

Defenders: Calum Chambers (Arsenal), Ben Chilwell (Leicester), Brendan Galloway (West Brom, loan from Everton), Kortney Hause (Wolves), Rob Holding (Arsenal), Mason Holgate (Everton), Dominic Iorfa (Wolves), Matt Targett (Southampton)

Midfielders: Lewis Baker (Vitesse Arnhem, loan from Chelsea), Nathaniel Chalobah (Chelsea), Isaac Hayden (Newcastle), Will Hughes (Derby), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea), John Swift (Reading), James Ward-Prowse (Southampton)

Forwards: Demarai Gray (Leicester), Jack Grealish (Aston Villa), Marcus Rashford (Manchester United), Nathan Redmond (Southampton), Dominic Solanke (Chelsea), Duncan Watmore (Sunderland)