From the original energetic, explosive, and even known as the "new Henry" striker, to now he is a negative asset with inconsistent performance, mistakes all day long, and injuries all day, Anthony Martial (Anthony Martin) has been in Manchester United for nine years, every time he tries to prove that he is not useless, he will be beaten back to the prototype for various reasons, and finally he can't compete with his teammates, and he is once again reduced to a big substitute for Manchester United.
Not long after the start of 2024, Martial underwent groin surgery and decided to rest until at least four months. He signed a contract with United at the end of June, and with no time to prove himself since his return, and his performances in recent years have not been enough to convince the team to extend his contract, it is almost certain that Anthony Martial's career with the Red Devils is over.
Recalling that at the beginning of the 2015 season, Manchester United scored a goal in the "Double Red Club" in his debut game from Monaco for 36 million**, and it is still fresh in his memory. His first explosive power can affect the opposition defence, and his first-touch after receiving the ball is also more stable than that of players of the same age, which makes the outside world have high expectations for his future development, and combined with his dribbling and shooting ability, it makes people feel that he has the shadow of Henry.
Anthony Martial scored 11 goals in his first season at Manchester United and won the FA Cup, but his goal of maintaining a top-four finish was not met, leading to the departure of his Bole van Gaal. After the famous coach Jose Mourinho entered Manchester United, he successively introduced Ibrahimovic, Lukaku and other star center forwards, coupled with the rise of newcomer Rashford, Martial was not only stripped of the No. 9 shirt, but also slowly adjusted his position on the left wing, and valued his footwork to tear apart the defense.
However, while the style of play changed, Martial's off-ball movement has not improved, so his original brilliance has gradually diminished, and he has stayed at the back of the front line to wait for his team-mates to pass the ball, but there is no way to help the team continue the attack.
At the start of the 2019-20 season, manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer asked Anthony Martial and Marcus Rashford to form a new combination, and with the addition of B Fee this season, Martial was once brought back to life. But at the same time, injuries also followed, all the hips, knees and other parts were injured, and the speed of burying him was reduced step by step. With no pace and no movement, Anthony Martial had less and less time to play, and his shooting touch was getting weaker and weaker.
Anthony Martial has failed to live up to his expectations and has gone from bad to worse in nine years of his career, with constant calls from the team to sell him for cash. The Guardian reported in the summer of 2018 that Mourinho intended to sell Anthony Martial, but only if it was reasonable. In the first half of the season before Erik ten Hag's arrival, Anthony Martial was loaned to Sevilla, but he didn't score a single goal in La Liga, so naturally no one wanted it.
From the beginning of the radiant to the now gloomy, Martial's football career at Manchester United is undoubtedly a failure.