Martial cost United £36m from Monaco in September 2015Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho says now that Anthony Martial is "much closer to being a top player" that he "would like him to stay" at the club. The France striker's agent claimed last summer that Martial wanted to leave the Old Trafford club. "I know the club wants him very much to stay, so hopefully he is going to stay," said Mourinho. "One thing is that he's a talented player that everybody knows he is - since he was in Monaco, everybody knows he was a talented player," added Mourinho. "Another thing is, a talented player with consistency and understanding of what a football match is in the globality.

Source: BBC November 02, 2018 23:15 UTC