(Image: X03805)Mourinho famously took the No.9 shirt from Martial, handing it to Zlatan Ibrahimovich, and claimed he wanted to play up front “for the wrong reasons”. Unlike his predecessor, Solskjaer has always seen Martial as a striker and putting faith in him has paid off. He handed Martial the No.9 shirt last summer and has given him the responsibility of leading the line. Martial has now addressed the challenge posed by Solskjaer - and his comments highlight how the current manager has succeeded where Mourinho failed by having faith in Martial's abilities. (Image: Michael Steele/NMC/Pool/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)Martial told Canal+: ”He [Solskjær] sent me a message, he said 'do you want to take your no.9 shirt back?'.

Source: Daily Mirror July 15, 2020 08:03 UTC