Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Marcus Rashford are "a fit" for each other and could form Manchester United's first-choice strike partnership, according to Gary Neville.

Wayne Rooney was left out of the Premier League starting line up for the first time this season when United defeated Leicester City, 4-1 on Saturday, paving the way for Ibrahimovic and Rashford to team up.

Former United captain Neville, now a Sky Sports pundit, said: "Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Marcus Rashford seem to be a fit. Those two could eventually end up playing together.

"Ibrahimovic is clever enough to find the runs of Rashford. Rashford is clever. He isn't just a runner and a finisher."

Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Marcus Rashford are tipped to form an understanding for Manchester United. Getty

Another of Rooney's former United teammates, Quinton Fortune, is refusing to write off the England captain's club career though.

Speaking at the Soccerex convention in Manchester, Fortune said: "No way in a million years am I going to say he's finished.

"You need to have Wayne around the place. You find me a player with his influence, his history in the game, his experience.

"If I were at United, I would squeeze as much as possible out of Wayne."

Fortune is not feeling sentimental about the decision to drop Rooney though, saying: "It's not sad, because it happens to every human being. Sometimes these things happen in life. No one is undroppable."