Former Manchester United's defender, Mikael Silvestre fears Anthony Martial will leave Manchester United if he is not given more game time.
Martial has not started a league match since mid-January and was an unused substitute in United's last two games.
Jose Mourinho stated last week he believed some of his players 'lacked a winning mentality' and this is understood to have been interpreted by Martial's camp as a dig at the forward.
Despite his obvious talent the Frenchman has failed to replicate the heroics of his debut season when he notched 19 goals. In the last six months, the 20-year has scored just six goals.
And, Silvestre who also played for Arsenal feels United risk losing Martial if they cannot find a way to get him back into the team.
"[He had] a very good season and adaptation to the Premier League and United," Silvestre told Talksport . "He had been their top scorer last season, but this year he's a different player.
"He had a difficult summer with France — he had a game where he didn't perform and he was out of the team — and you have to remember the episode of getting his number [taken away] for [Zlatan] Ibrahimovic to take. He was not happy about that.
"We always say when you have a good first season it's hard to [continue performing], and we have to put that on the fact he's still young and still learning.
"I hope he keeps patient, and won't do a Pogba and head to Juventus."
No comments:
Post a Comment