Man Utd need more goals this season and their No. 9 has been hailed as the best finisher at the club by one of his teammates.
Manchester United relied on Marcus Rashford for goals last season but according to someone who should know, it isn't the 30-goal forward who is the sharpest finisher in the squad, but the striker whose fitness record has become endlessly frustrating.
There are days when the quality just oozes from the 27-year-old and others when he can have you tearing your hair out. His fitness record has become an ongoing problem and he is being handled cautiously by Ten Hag. When injuries pile up to the extent they have done they can also become a psychological factor.But for the potential - a word we should have moved on from when discussing a 27-year-old - that is there just listen to Tom Heaton discuss the best finisher at the club.
The stats do kind of back this theory up. In seasons for which expected goals stats are available on FBRef , Martial has 47 Premier League goals from an xG of 38. Plenty of his finishes have been excellent, although if there was a frustration it was not getting in position to score the simple, scrappy goals so often expected of a striker, something Ole Gunnar Solskjaer worked hard to try and correct.
That Martial has been struggling for fitness while Hojlund recovers from a back injury is emblematic of his recent problems. He has missed the chance to prove a point to the player likely to take his place. When speaking in San Diego towards the end of July, Ten Hag did express some frustration at Martial's lack of availability, but in the same answer, he again praised the £50million forward.
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