Martial Needs Time To Make The No 9 Position His Own – Yorke

Anthony Martial plays like Thierry Henry and Cristiano Ronaldo, but he still has to improve, Dwight Yorke has said.

Dwight recently revealed that the Frenchman still needs more time to adjust to the number nine role at Old Trafford.

According to him, a number nine is a very unique position and it will take time for Martial to get used to the position since he started his career as a winger.

He added that Martial will definitely get better and he is currently on his way to becoming a class player.

His words, “A number nine is a very unique position. It’s a very rare breed, and it seems like it’s gone out of the game a bit,”

“I never considered myself as a number nine. I developed my skills playing from the left wing to the right wing and then found myself pretty much playing in that number nine position, but not really as a number nine.

“It’s a specialist position and probably the hardest position you can play, with your back to goal and having to hold off defenders and make runs; you can only get better in that position if you play week-in, week-out.

“Look at the top goalscorers in the Premier League: Robbie Fowler, Ian Wright, Alan Shearer, Andy Cole – those players only played just in that position.

“Anthony Martial is like myself, Thierry Henry, maybe Wayne Rooney and even Cristiano Ronaldo – starting on the wing, developing and improving their skills and then get to that number nine position. That’s what Martial is doing now.”

“I think Martial will get better, but he needs to play in that position a lot more, He needs to learn his trade.”

“These guys are in their early 20s, I didn’t play as a centre-forward until I was around 24 and if you look at Henry and those guys, they all get to that position around the same age. So it’s a work in progress.

“I understand Man United are there to challenge and they need to bring in players, of course, but the players they have are excellent, and it’ll be interesting to see how Ole will develop those players and use them.

“Ole was a frontman himself, so he should know how to improve these players. And look at how many goals Martial has scored this year – he can only get better!”