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Memphis has suffered FA Cup final agony after being dropped from the Manchester United squad for tomorrow's match against Crystal Palace.

Memphis and Daley Blind are the only two players Louis van Gaal has selected in all 58 of United's matchday squads this campaign but the £26.7million signing will play no part in the Cup final.

The 22-year-old was not on the United bus that left their Carrington training complex and neither was left-back Cameron Borthwick-Jackson, who looks set to be replaced by Marcos Rojo tomorrow.

Van Gaal admitted earlier this week he had a selection dilemma, with Morgan Schneiderlin, Matteo Darmian and Marcos Rojo returning from illness and injury for the showpiece occasion. Ashley Young's goalscoring cameo against Bournemouth on Tuesday night also reminded Van Gaal of his prowess as a substitute, while Marouane Fellaini is also available again after suspension.

M.E.N. Sport understands Van Gaal informed players of his 18-man squad on Thursday, even though they had a final training session on Friday.

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The final could be Van Gaal's last match in charge of United and the Dutchman has decisively chosen to leave out Memphis, who has endured a difficult debut season in England.

In October, Memphis was withdrawn at the interval in the defeat to Arsenal, demoted from the United first-team at Everton and dropped from the Netherlands squad by new coach Danny Blind – only to be reinstated. Van Gaal has substituted Memphis at half-time three times – in the 3-1 win over Liverpool in September, the 3-0 loss at Arsenal and the 2-0 Boxing Day surrender at Stoke.

In February, Memphis appeared for the Under-21s in their 7-0 victory over Norwich at Old Trafford a day after his sloppy pass instigated the counter-attack from which Chelsea scored a last-minute equaliser. Captain Wayne Rooney told M.E.N. Sport United supporters should not have blamed Memphis and the youngster's U21 outing was not punishment for his mistake, either.

Leaked documents also indicated Memphis, who has made 27 starts and 17 substitute appearances for United, could ultimately cost £34m, with PSV owed £1m if United win the Premier League in the future.

The former PSV forward has scored seven goals and just two of those strikes have come in the Premier League – against Sunderland and Watford. Memphis' most influential performances were arguably against Club Brugge and Midtjylland in Champions League and Europa League ties.

United's road to the FA Cup final