Man Utd launch investigation into dressing room 'leaker' as two stars questioned including key player vs Man City

Manchester United have launched an investigation into which player has been leaking team news, according to a new report, with two players being 'quizzed' by Ruben Amorim.

On the eve of Sunday's clash against Manchester City, United's starting XI was 'leaked' by Manchester Evening News journalist Samuel Luckhurst on Facebook.

It was a team that featured the likes of Rasmus Hojlund, Mason Mount and Andre Onana but to the surprise of many, both Marcus Rashford and Alejandro Garnacho were missing from the side.

Then, 17 hours after the line-up was leaked, Ruben Amorim confirmed that both players had been left out of Sunday's matchday squad due to selection reasons rather than injury or illness.

Speaking in his post-match press conference following United's 2-1 win over City, Amorim addressed the so-called leaker and claimed it is "impossible" to stop.

"I know that story," he said. "I don’t know, I think it’s impossible to fix nowadays because you have a lot of people in the club, the players talk with agents."

Amorim added: "I don’t know, you can talk with friends, so it’s hard to know. It’s not a good thing but let’s move on and go to the next one and see if they find the next starting XI."

Now, it has emerged that United have launched an investigation into which player is leaking the team news information.

A report from The Sun suggests Amad Diallo and Alejandro Garnacho have been 'quizzed' by Amorim as to whether they are responsible.

Amorim, meanwhile, is reportedly 'satisfied' that neither Diallo or Garnacho are involved in the leaking of team news.

The publication go on to suggest that Garnacho’s brother, Roberto, had been accused on social media of being one source, with team news being leaked in the past when the Argentine has been left out.

Roberto has denied the accusation.

Amorim is 'satisfied' neither Amad or Garnacho are involved directly in the leaking. Image credit: Getty

As mentioned earlier, Garnacho and Marcus Rashford were dropped from Amorim's matchday squad for the Manchester derby.

Asked after the game about the reasons for his decision, Amorim suggested it was based on performances in training rather than a disciplinary issue.

"It's important to say why: it was not a disciplinary thing," he said. "Next week, next game, new life, they are fighting for their places.

"For me it's important, the performance in training, the performance in games, the way you dress, the way you eat, the way you engage with teammates, the way you push your teammates.

"Everything is important in our context in the beginning of something when we want to change a lot of things, when people in our club are losing their jobs we have to set the standards really high and for that they have to fight for a place in the team.

"Today the team proved we can leave anyone out of the squad and manage to win if you play together. If it was disciplinary, I would say that here and it will be a bigger problem but was not that."