Jose Mourinho “would have probably sold or swapped” Anthony Martial had he remained at Manchester United, says Gary Neville, but the French forward is worth persevering with.
Neville believes the Red Devils should now be looking to bring even more out of a player who can confuse and amaze in equal measure.
The Red Devils legend told Sky Sports: “Martial, I think, Jose would have probably sold him or swapped him last season.
“I think the club dug their heels in, probably the start of their dispute of them between them in terms of overruling the manager.
“Myself, I’m confused as to whether he’s a world-class striker or whether he’s someone who is going to pretend to be something.
“You think he’s a fantastic player, great composure, cool, strong, can hold the ball up.
“And then other weeks you look at him… there’s definitely a persistence that needs to occur with Martial in the sense that he has to have his chance.
“Because the idea of selling him and then him coming back to bite you which he could do with his talent is something that you can’t risk.
“And that’s the reason why the club have kept him and now Ole is giving him his opportunity.”
“You see things and you think it’s worth persisting with him because if he can, something clicks, and he gets that confidence, and he can be a 20-25 goalscoring striker.”
Pressed further as to how long United should give Martial to become the No.9 he believes he is capable of being, Neville added: “I think they have to give it another year… certainly the rest of this season because he’s so talented.”
Taza
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More time for what? To keep flopping and doing nothing reasonable? Each and every player must force his way to importance by outperforming expectations
hezbdopty
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He has had more than enough time .we need consistant goalscoring strikers he is not
Dinacdiu
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he 24 years old he been at the club for awhile now. he is a good player when he on. when he not he doesn't even deserve to be on the pitch. 24 he should be smashing it he had enough time. if he wants to be a world class player he needs to stop being lazy
Kg4991
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So do a Rolex watch would suffice ⏱⏱⏱⏱
jubaer420
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if we need to buy a pure finisher then why keeping martial?? he cant play as a RW and we got rashford as a LW...if thinking of backup number 9 then let me remember you we have greenwood.. and rashford can step up as a 9 sometimes
lambdlnryz
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martial is world class and talented but to lazy if he has the will and desire go become successful like mbappe he will be a beast and unstoppable
ZafryJ
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Dudeeee, he is one of the most talented players in the squad. U know when someone scores on his debut, he is going to be something... If no injuries he could be like Mbappe rn
mikabpstz
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pls leave the special one alone pls
Hehbdekps
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No selling him solves no problem ..I would rather sign his back up to keep him on his toes someone with mad work rate and maybe a super sub upfront
Vintage reply from u bruv. that's what Ole should do. Maybe a certain Mandzukic would do
DGGaulle
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Nevill can u pls just stop calling jose name in everything u speak as a pundit. Bullshit
ManUtdRed
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Thank God we got rid of Jose,he would have rid of Martial,Rashford,Pogba,Lindelof,Fred to keep the likes of Matic,Fellaini,Lukaku.It was just depressing to see the transfer rumour under Jose:Willian,Boateng,Ozil,Dier.😖😫🙅
radcdlno
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No selling him solves no problem ..I would rather sign his back up to keep him on his toes someone with mad work rate and maybe a super sub upfront
mzeereal
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Mourinho don't believe in kids. martial is a talented guy.
Paulusndara
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his a fantastic player. United fans are lucky to have martial and rashford. Manchester is truly red.
ngalangij
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man city: Martial is one of the best player
JamesWalker
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That's because Mourinho didn't see the Magic in Martial, but thank God he didn't.😳
voabklrsuz
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Leave Mourinho alone
kayapeople
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fake news