Anthony Martial suffered from a classic case of ‘second-season syndrome’ last term.The Manchester United forward was fantastic during his debut season at Old Trafford, following his shock £36 million move from AS Monaco in September 2015, but struggled after Jose Mourinho replaced Louis van Gaal last summer.Martial found himself in and out the starting line-up and was even linked with a move away from the Red Devils in December, prompting Mourinho to publicly slam the France international’s agent.“I know he's a top talent, but he needs to listen to me, not his agent,” the Portuguese tactician was quoted as saying by the Telegraph. “He needs to listen to me in training, where I try to improve the players.“Every day I read the newspaper - Martial goes to Sevilla, Martial goes on loan, he's not happy. Martial needs to listen to me. He's a player with amazing condition to be a top player."
Martial has the talent to succeed at United
Mourinho continued to pick Martial sporadically during the second half of the season, and the 21-year-old’s future will be plunged further into doubt if United complete the signing of Ivan Perisic from Inter Milan over the coming weeks.
However, it’s patently clear that Martial possesses the talent and ability to become one of the stars of European football. Selling him could prove to be a huge mistake.
Most United fans are huge fans of the Frenchman and want him to remain at Old Trafford.
Video: Martial's genius assist for Rashford
They hope he’ll be given opportunities to impress on the club’s pre-season tour of the United States and he’s just produced a brilliant moment of skill in training - and yes, it was caught on camera.
Taking part in a three-on-three drill, Martial pulled off a quite wonderful assist for Marcus Rashford.
Watch it here…
Reaction to Martial's assist
Here’s how United fans on Twitter have reacted…
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