Overview
- Manchester United did not include Joshua Zirkzee among the 20 players selected to face Manchester City at Old Trafford.
- The club’s position, conveyed under interim manager Michael Carrick, is that Zirkzee took a knock and is unavailable.
- Zirkzee was not discussed in Carrick’s first press conference and he was absent from the club’s previously noted list of unavailable players.
- A fan-shot video from January 11 appears to show Zirkzee limping after the FA Cup tie with Brighton, prompting fresh questions on social media about his fitness.
- La Gazzetta dello Sport reports that the absence has intensified Roma speculation and describes Zirkzee as expendable in United’s ongoing squad review, with any move likely requiring the player to push for it.