Ex-Man Utd No2 Meulensteen urges Solskjaer to reconsider Martial role

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7 Dec 2020 • 8:49 PM MYT
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Former Manchester United coach Rene Meulensteen is adamant Anthony Martial is more settled on the wing.

Sir Alex Ferguson's former assistant Meulensteen insists a return to the flank will help Martial rediscover his goalscoring form.

He told Stadium Astro: “It's never nice when players hit a little bit of a spell with a lack of form.

“I don't think he is playing as much as he did last year, when he started a lot of games up front. I think with strikers, you have got chances that you could score and you get chances that you should score.

“There are certain moments where he could have scored, but more than anything there are big chances – like the one against Paris Saint-Germain, those are the ones you should score.

"If he had scored against Paris Saint-Germain, they would have won the game.

“Martial is a good player and I still think that his best position is on the left-hand side coming in, I don't think he's an out-and-out striker."