Evra Played Key Role In Man United Move- Anthony Martial

Anthony Martial has revealed that former Manchester United defender Patrice Evra played a key role in convincing him to sign for the club.

The France forward who is the most expensive teenager in football history after joining United for an initial £36m from Monaco last summer said Evra convince him to join United. He said “"Patrice Evra told me it was a club of champions, a club that above all else wants to win, and certainly since I arrived here I've felt that for myself too. He lives in the same town as me in France and has only ever had good things to say to me about the club. He talks about us all the time and he's told me that he spent his very best years as a player here so I reckon he is still very attached to this club. My brother was the one who really gave me the desire to follow in his footsteps. Also, it was really Ronaldinho and Ronaldo, the two Brazilian players, who also inspired me to a future in football. There was a particularly important coach for me. Willy Sagnol, the current Bordeaux manager, who was running the French Under-21 team at the time. I was at Monaco and wasn't playing in the first team then but turning out for the reserves and he picked me for the French national team U21s

Martial who has scored six goals and has three assists in 20 league appearances and with his style of play he had been compared on several occasion with France legend Thierry Henry said it as a dream come true to sign for the biggest club in the world after two seasons at Monaco. The forward insists silverware is still the goal, and United have opportunities in the Europa League and FA Cup, while they are 12 points off Leicester in the hunt for the Premier League title adding that “Now I'm actually here, I can totally appreciate that it's one of the biggest, and probably is the biggest club in the world. So I just want to perform really well here and make the supporters proud. When I'm on the pitch I try and not put pressure on myself and get on with playing my football. I hope that this year we are going to manage to win something”.