Rashford Set To Make Debut For England

Marcus Rashford is in line to make his England debut against Australia on Friday after reporting for training on Monday.

The Manchester United striker was forced off during the second-half of Saturday's 2-1 FA Cup final victory over Crystal Palace after appearing to injure a knee.

There were initial fears the 18-year-old could miss the international friendlies against Australia and Portugal, and perhaps next month's European Championship finals in France.

But Rashford linked up with the rest of the England squad, along with United teammates Wayne Rooney and Chris Smalling, and is likely to feature against the Aussies at Sunderland's Stadium of Light.

Rashford has scored eight goals in 18 first-team appearances since making his debut in the Europa League against FC Midtjylland in February.

He was included in England manager Roy Hodgson's provisional squad for Euro 2016 earlier this week following his sensational breakthrough campaign at Old Trafford.

Hodgson said: "I'm not planning an experimental team, but we have only three preparation games and already quite a lot of people - seven players - have missed the first one.

"The amount of time we're going to have with him is very, very short. There is no doubt I think I made the right decision putting him in this large group because the lad has enormous talent and you will know from my past record that I'm not afraid to give young players a chance. I don't dismiss them on the basis of their age.

"But you will also know full well that where he is playing we actually have a lot of competition for places and there isn't an awful lot of chance for him to stamp his authority on myself and the coaching staff, because there is such a short period of time.

"I am ruling nothing out and I thought his performance in the FA Cup final was very good. I'm delighted I shall be seeing him, but we will have to wait to see whether I will be seeing a lot of him in the summer."

Liverpool's Daniel Sturridge, Adam Lallana, James Milner and Nathaniel Clyne also joined up with Hodgson's squad after being given time off following last week's Europa League final defeat to Sevilla.