Manchester United appear to have been in a transitional phase for much of the season.

Consistency has been hard to come by throughout 2017/18, with star players dipping in and out of form.

Romelu Lukaku started with a bang but has struggled of late, Paul Pogba is currently being slaughtered from all angles and Anthony Martial is surprisingly back on the bench after an impressive start to 2018.

The 22-year-old scored three times in the opening four fixtures of the year, but was left out in United's Champions League match against Sevilla - a selection that surprised a lot of people.

Both he and Marcus Rashford were sacrificed to accommodate an extra central midfielder, with Alexis Sanchez and Juan Mata providing the support to Lukaku.

There is no doubting that Martial and Rashford are two of the most exciting talents in world football, but their careers do not appear to be progressing in the right manner at Old Trafford.

Respected pundit Ian Wright discussed the duo's situation on BBC 5 live Sport and made a very interesting point.

WRIGHTY SUMS IT UP PERFECTLY

You have to admire his honesty, particularly when he states that they're in fact at the right club, something which a few may disagree with.

In a sense, it appears Wright may be having a sly dig at Jose Mourinho's treatment of the pair, with the shoehorning of Sanchez into the starting XI clearly disrupting the rhythm and momentum they were beginning to build.

Martial is the man who fans are desperate to see get more game time, with many concerned by reports from French outlet RMC Sport that contract negotiations between United and the Frenchman had broken down.

As Sport Witness correctly point out, the outlet have ran several factual exclusives on Martial in the past, so the worrying information could indeed be correct.

Tottenham are one of the clubs rumoured to be sniffing around Martial if he does choose to pursue a new challenge in the summer.

We could be seeing a career-defining few months for the former Monaco man, with his place in France's World Cup squad anything but secure.