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According to The Sun, Manchester United defender Marcos Rojo will look to force a move away from the Premier League club if he continues to not start games under manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
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Game time for the Argentinian has been very thin ever since he first joined the club in 2014 from Sporting Lisbon.
He has started just 63 Premier League matches in that time.
Earlier in the summer, moves away from the club fell through as both Everton and Crystal Palace nearly signed the 29-year-old on loan.
A lack of football has hindered his international hopes after he was left out of Argentina’s Copa America squad this summer and he failed to feature earlier this week as they drew 0-0 in a friendly against Chile.
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United strengthened their defensive ranks in the summer by splashing the cash on Harry Maguire, who made an £80m switch from Leicester City and he has been the regular choice alongside Victor Lindelof as both have played the full duration of all four Premier League matches.
Solskjaer has several options at centre-back even despite the departure of Chris Smalling to Roma at the end of August – Rojo is having to also compete with Eric Bailly, Phil Jones, and Axel Tuanzebe, on top of the regular duo previously mentioned.
Bizarre
The decision to not sell the 29-year-old whilst the transfer window was still open seems a bit strange considering the strength in numbers the Norwegian has at his disposal.
It would take a monumental injury crisis for the 6 foot 2 defender to even feature as Bailly and Jones are surely ahead of him in the pecking order.
The longer they leave it, the less amount of money the club will be able to recoup having paid £16m back in 2014 because no club is going to pay money for someone that has played just 14 Premier League matches in the past two seasons.
Rojo hadn’t even been able to get his name on the bench until the Southampton fixture which only draws further question marks over why he wasn’t sold.
The last thing Solskjaer needs is an unhappy player causing trouble behind the scenes.
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