Popular pundit, Graeme Souness has come out to react to Anthony Martial sealing a move to AEK Athens following his release from Manchester United. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, he believes AEK Athensis the French forward’s true level in football right now, and he was the best example of where MUFC went wrong when he was still at the club.
Souness added that he still cannot believe it took so long for Martial to finally leave the club.
His words, “I noted this week that Anthony Martial has joined AEK Athens in Greece. Maybe, even at 28, that is his level. In his nine seasons at Manchester United, no player better captured the club’s malaise. He is the best example of where they have gone wrong. I said about four years ago, entering a new season, that it had to be Martial’s last-chance saloon. I cannot believe it was only this summer that he finally left the club.
Martial is one of those players you would turn up and watch him in training and think, ‘What a player’. But talk to any professional, we’ve all been at clubs with great Monday-to-Friday players. On a Saturday, they go missing. He was the epitome of that. He didn’t have the eye of the tiger, it was not in him. He would flatter to deceive. It was as plain as the nose on the end of your face that he wasn’t a Manchester United player. And that was obvious after a couple of seasons. He just could not deal with playing for a big club like United, where every game is must-win.”
WOW.
Manchester United Football Club, commonly referred to as Man United or simply United, is a professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top division in the English football league system.
Nicknamed the Red Devils, they were founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, but changed their name to Manchester United in 1902. After a spell playing in Clayton, Manchester, the club moved to their current stadium, Old Trafford, in 1910.
Alex Ferguson and his assistant Archie Knox arrived from Aberdeen on the day of Atkinson’s dismissal, and guided the club to an 11th-place finish in the league. Despite a second-place finish in 1987–88, the club was back in 11th place the following season. Reportedly on the verge of being dismissed, Ferguson’s job was saved by victory over Crystal Palace in the 1990 FA Cup final.
The following season, Manchester United claimed their first UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup title. That triumph allowed the club to compete in the European Super Cup for the first time, where United beat European Cup holders Red Star Belgrade 1–0 at Old Trafford. The club appeared in two consecutive League Cup finals in 1991 and 1992, beating Nottingham Forest 1–0 in the second to win that competition for the first time as well.
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