Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho urges Anthony Martial to listen to his advice instead of his agent as Frenchman is linked with Sevilla switch
JOSE MOURINHO has told Anthony Martial to ignore his agent and start listening to him.
The Manchester United boss is fed up reading how the player wants to go, with a possible move to Sevilla.
But Martial started his first game in four yesterday and scored the 85th-minute equaliser against Middlesbrough before Paul Pogba won it seconds later.
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Mourinho said: “Anthony needs to listen to me and not listen to his agent. He has to listen to me in training every day. Every feedback I give to players I give to improve players.
“With Martial, every day I read the newspaper, ‘Martial goes to Sevilla’, ‘Martial goes on loan’, ‘he’s not happy’.
“Martial needs to listen to me. He’s a player with amazing condition to be a top player.”
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Europa League holders Sevilla are, though, keen to take the £58million French forward until the end of the campaign.
And earlier this week Martial’s agent Philippe Lamboley said: “We’re studying the Sevilla option very closely.
“Sevilla is in a good position in La Liga, in the Champions League and have a great coach.”
On the pitch, United delivered a dramatic late win, which Mourinho credited to the crowd.
He said: “We managed to do something that is amazing. To bring the fans to the pitch. We did that in the last 15-20 minutes. We played with 70 or 80 thousand.”
Matchwinner Pogba said: “It’s beautiful, it’s why we love football.
“It was crazy. I’m not the best with my head so I’m very happy.”
Boro boss Aitor Karanka is Mourinho’s pal and his former No 2 at Real Madrid.
He said: “The performance was amazing. We couldn’t do any more.”