Marcus Rashford paid for his poor season as the Manchester United forward was left out of England boss Gareth Southgate’s provisional 33-man squad for Euro 2024 on Tuesday.

Former Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson and Chelsea skipper Reece James were among the other big names to miss out on the squad, which must be trimmed to a maximum of 26 before the tournament in Germany begins.

In the current club and the just concluded season 2023/24 Rashford scored only 9 goals { premier league, carabao cup, champions league, FA cup,}. Marcus Rashford this season has also noted 6 assists, played 4693 minutes with 36 times he played in first line.

Rashford shots an average of 0.25 goals per game in club competitions. Last season his average was 0.55 goals per game, he scored 30 goals in 55 club matches.

In the current season for Manchester united Marcus Rashford gave a total of 95 shots, of which 31 were shots on goal while he completed 78 percent of the passes.

England face Bosnia and Herzegovina on June 3 and Iceland four days later before jetting off for Germany, where they are one of the favorites to win the tournament.

The wealth of options available to Southgate in attacking areas means Rashford misses out on a major international tournament for the first time since the 2014 World Cup.

Rashford has scored just eight times in 42 appearances for his club this season and only recently returned from injury.

“These are difficult calls. With Marcus, I just feel other players in that area have had better seasons. It’s as simple as that,” said Southgate.

In a social media post, Rashford said: “Wishing Gareth and the boys all the best.”

The same goes for Jadon Sancho despite his renaissance on his return to Champions League finalists Borussia Dortmund on loan from United.

Raheem Sterling and Kalvin Phillips were also overlooked despite shining for Southgate in the past at major tournaments.

Real Madrid’s Jude Bellingham, Phil Foden, who fired Manchester City to the Premier League title on Sunday, and Arsenal winger Bukayo Saka are included as part of a fearsome collection of creative talent to supply England’s all-time top goalscorer Harry Kane.

England’s men begin their quest to win a major tournament for the first time in 58 years against Serbia on June 16 before facing Denmark and Slovenia in Group C.

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