Saturday, 28 January 2017
Mourinho suggests Martial is short on chances
Mourinho suggests
Martial is short on
chances
LONDON, England - Jose Mourinho
says Anthony Martial will be given
the opportunity to rescue his
Manchester United career but
suggested time is running out for
the French forward.
Martial has struggled to sustain
form since Mourinho’s arrival at
Old Trafford and the 21-year-old
has not even been included as a
substitute in United’s last two
outings.
Martial was signed from Monaco
by previous manager Louis van
Gaal for £36m last summer.
He was United’s top-scorer last
season, with 17 goals from 49
appearances but his progress has
slowed during this campaign. He
has scored six goals from 23
outings under Mourinho and there
is speculation the France
international will be allowed to
leave at the right price.
After edging past Hull to reach
the EFL Cup final on Thursday,
United face Championship club
Wigan at Old Trafford in the FA
Cup fourth round. The Red Devils
then face Hull again in the
Premier League on Wednesday.
When asked how Martial had
reacted to being left out of his
most recent squad, Mourinho said:
“I don’t know. I don’t speak with
the players about how they take
it.
“He will play Sunday and, if
Sunday he plays magnificent, he
will play against Hull City the next
match. It’s simple.”
United’s run to the EFL Cup final,
combined with involvement in the
Europa League means they are
the only Premier League club still
involved in four competitions and
Mourinho has already begun to
grumble about possible fixture
congestion in this second half of
the season.
Yet Mourinho fielded arguably his
strongest team in both semi-final
legs against Hull and says he will
resist the temptation to rotate
heavily against Wigan.
Luke Shaw, the England defender,
will be involved, as will Sergio
Romero, while first-choice
goalkeeper David De Gea is given
a break.
“The challenge is the next match
and the next match is the FA
Cup,” Mourinho said. “Second
match for us in the FA Cup and
we are going to do… in a serious
way too.
“We know the difficulty to play
against a Championship team. We
played already Wigan in pre-
season. They will bring lots of fans
too, so the match is going to be
difficult.
“We have to play with a very
good team. The only player who is
out is De Gea, I give him a few
days off. I play Romero. I put Joel
(Pereira) on the bench and, apart
from that, I go with a good team
because we want to try to beat
them.
“It will be a tough match. I will
make some changes, that’s
obvious. I have to. We play Hull
City again two days after Wigan.
But I’m going to play with a good
team, a team with the
responsibility to give the fans a
good performance at home and
with the responsibility to try to
win against Wigan.”
The visit of Wigan, who are 21st
in the Championship, will bring a
familiar face back to Old Trafford.
They are managed by Warren
Joyce, who was part of United’s
coaching staff from 2008 until
departing for the DW Stadium in
November last year.
“He knows us, he will come with
special motivation to play against
his old club,” Mourinho said. “I
worked with him just for a few
months but that was enough to
know he’s a very nice man, a very
passionate football man. He took
the risk, he accepted the
challenge.
“He left a good situation in our
club to try to go what we call
‘men’s football’ and, for sure, he
will come with a team that’s very
aggressive, well organised
defensively, emotional – the
manager is also emotional.”
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