OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER clearly sees something in Anthony Martial that Jose Mourinho did not.
It was in the summer of 2018 away at Manchester Uniteds LA training base when the former boss indicated privately that he was ready to let him go.
He was overruled by the clubs hierarchy.
Mourinho saw something very early on in the players body language and attitude that was not going to fit for him.
He felt the French forward listened to his agent more than he listened to him.
Well whatever Solskjaer is telling him he is certainly not listening to him either, not on the evidence of the last two games.
Pundit Gary Neville was at his wits end complaining about a lack of movement upfront in the first half at Bramall Lane with Martial barely involved.
With the exception of a couple of darting runs it was the same against Aston Villa.
While Marcus Rashford is constantly on the move and giving his team-mates something to aim for Martial is a static figure.
The goals stats are not a disaster but this is not a player who is going to be a danger to opponents week in week out.
Gone are the excuses about age, adapting to the Premier League etc.
A game like this against a side who just dont win away from home was a present for a top class forward.
Martial just didnt accept it.
Rashford did with a goal and non-stop running, even Victor Lindelof got on the score sheet in this 2-2 draw.
Daniel James provides a threat with his crosses but as a number nine Martial does not read these situations.
When he did have a chance to win this game in a 78th minute goalmouth scramble he somehow managed to scoop the ball over the net from four yards.
You could argue he was trying to be clever, but ended up looking daft.
For me this team look far more threatening when teenager Mason Greenwood is on the pitch.
He can sniff out a goal, his movement spreads defences, but Solskjaer is reticent to give the 18-year-old too much game time.
He waited until the 82nd minute to switch them in this game.
To drop Martial for Greenwood from the start seems to be too big a call right now, but its one that needs to be made.
