Rooney on bench for United's match with Zorya Luhansk, Rashford and Ibrahimovic start

The club captain was dropped for the match against Leicester City over the weekend, which United won convincingly 4-1.

And there has been no reprieve for the 30-year-old with manager Jose Mourinho opting to start Marcus Rashford, Zlatan Ibrahimovich, Jesse Lingard and Juan Mata in forward positions and Sergio Romero in goal.

United are bottom of Group A after a 1-0 defeat to Feyenoord and need a win against Zarya, who drew their first match 1-1 with Fenerbahce.

It will come as a huge blow to the out-of-form Rooney, with England caretaker manager Gareth Southgate set to name his squad for the World Cup qualifier against Malta on Saturday, October 8, over the weekend.

Rooney was captain during England's ill-fated Euro 2016 campaign, where they lost in the last 16 to Iceland, and many critics have called for him to be axed from the England squad entirely.

Manchester United: Romero, Fosu-Mensah, Bailly, Smalling, Rojo, Fellaini, Pogba, Lingard, Mata, Rashford, Ibrahimovic. Subs: Johnstone, Carrick Schneiderlin, Young, Martial, Memphis, Rooney.

Zarya Luhansk: Shevchenko, Sivakov, Chaykovskiy, Kamenyuka, Petriak, Kulach, Forster, Karavaev, Ljubenovic, Grechyshkin, Sobol. Subs: Sukhotskiy, Gordiyenko, Lipartia, Paulinho, Opanasenko, Checher, Chuvayev.