Manchester United sweat over Marcos Rojo ahead of FA Cup final after defender suffers injury in training
* Marcos Rojo is facing a fitness race for the FA Cup final
* Argentina defender has picked up an injury ahead of Saturday's showpiece
* He was not named in squad to face Bournemouth in abandoned match
* Manchester United face Crystal Palace at Wembley on Saturday
Manchester United defender Marcos Rojo suffered an injury in training and is a doubt for Saturday's FA Cup final.
Rojo and midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin, who was ill, were not named in United's matchday squad for the abandoned Premier League match against Bournemouth.
Argentina international Rojo, who had undergone surgery after dislocating a shoulder in training in December, faces a race against time to get fit for United's FA Cup final against Crystal Palace at Wembley after picking up the knock on Saturday.
Marcos Rojo is a doubt for Manchester United's Wembley date with Crystal Palace on Saturday
United are sixth in the Premier League table and would move above Southampton into fifth with a draw or victory in their last match against Bournemouth on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Greater Manchester's police and crime commissioner Tony Lloyd has demanded an inquiry into the 'fiasco' which led to Sunday's match being abandoned because of what turned out to be a fake bomb left behind after a training exercise.
Bomb disposal experts called in by Greater Manchester Police carried out a controlled explosion after a suspect package was found in toilets shortly before the scheduled kick-off of United's clash against Bournemouth on Sunday.
The discovery of the item, described by the bomb disposal unit as an 'incredibly lifelike explosive device', prompted a full-scale security alert and the complete evacuation of the stadium.
It was later confirmed that the device 'wasn't viable' and it emerged that it was a fake bomb that had not been removed after a recent training exercise at the ground which involved sniffer dogs and which was conducted by a private firm.
Lloyd, who is also the interim mayor of Greater Manchester, said: 'It is outrageous this situation arose and a full inquiry is required to urgently find out how this happened, why it happened and who will be held accountable.
'This fiasco caused massive inconvenience to supporters who had come from far and wide to watch the match, wasted the time of huge numbers of police officers and the army's bomb squad, and unnecessarily put people in danger, as evacuating tens of thousands of people from a football stadium is not without risk.
'Whilst this in no way demeans the professionalism of the police and stewards responsible for getting the fans out, or the supporters' calmness and co-operation during the evacuation, it is unacceptable that it happened in the first place.'
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