Marcus Rashford has been cleared to play in Manchester United’s Carabao Cup clash with Crystal Palace on Tuesday night.
There had been much debate as whether Rashford would be fit, after the England international crashed his £700,000 Rolls Royce outside Manchester United’s Carrington training ground on Saturday night.
Following United’s 1-0 win away at Burnley, Erik ten Hag and his players took the team bus back to Carrington before heading home in their personal cars.
England international Rashford’s journey was soon brought to an abrupt halt, however, following an accidental collision with another car.
It’s been reported that the person driving the other car was a 74-year-old grandmother, who was left ‘badly shaken’ by the incident.
Marcus Rashford has been declared fit and available for Manchester United’s Carabao Cup clash with Crystal Palace – just three days after crashing his £700,000 Rolls Royce
The white Rolls Royce was left strewn sideways across the road with significant damage to the rear of the vehicle
A lamppost and traffic bollard was shown damaged on the ground after appearing to be struck
The United forward and the woman, who was said to be returning home from babysitting, were breathalysed on the spot by police officers.
No arrests were made, however, and police officers did not call an ambulance for the female driver as she did not want to go to hospital. Rashford was also left unscathed, which sources said was down to his ‘incredibly robust’ car.
Sources close to the United star said Rashford was ‘fine’ and Greater Manchester Police are treating the matter as ‘non serious’.
Rashford was looked at by United’s doctor who also offered medical help to the woman following the crash.
Club officials also paid for a taxi to take the grandmother home, because she did not want to go to hospital.
No arrests were made following the incident, however, and police officers did not call an ambulance for the female driver.
Rashford was also left unscathed, which sources said was down to his ‘incredibly robust’ car.
One told The Sun: ‘Both drivers were badly shaken. Marcus immediately checked to see if the woman was okay and swapped details.’
Another insider added: ‘The woman was on her way home from babysitting her grand-daughter. She’s a cautious, careful driver and even more so when it’s raining — which it was.
United boss Erik ten Hag (R) will be grateful to have Rashford available for the cup clash
Rashford reported for United training on Monday in his spare £600,000 Rolls-Royce
‘The impact caused the airbags to go off. She was very, very shaken and confused. She’s not a football fan and didn’t have any idea who Marcus Rashford is.’
A third source told the Mirror: ‘Modern vehicles are incredibly robust and that helped to protect Marcus.
‘He got out of the car unassisted and his first thought was for the [other driver] to make sure that she was not hurt.’
Maintenance engineer Peter Laycock, 36, caught the aftermath of the crash on his phone, arriving at the scene around 12.20am.
He explained that ‘loads of police’ had blocked the road, asking vehicles to turn around because of the debris.
Mr Laycock said he saw people wearing United clothes while bystanders whispered ‘it’s Marcus Rashford’s car’.
