Erik ten Hag insists he will maintain religion with Anthony Martial and Wout Weghorst because the Manchester United forwards struggle with health and shape issues.
Martial is sidelined by the ultra-modern in an extended line of injuries, with a hip trouble set to preserve him out of United’s conflict with sour rivals Leeds at Old Trafford on Wednesday.
The French striker has made simplest 14 appearances in all competitions this season and is yet to play a complete recreation.
Martial spent the second one half of of remaining season on mortgage at Sevilla but failed to affect, with injuries all over again a problem.
Yet United boss Ten Hag remains keen on the 27-yr-antique and desires to give him every other risk to show his really worth.
“He isn’t always available, but also I see the other side whilst he’s to be had. He changed into in no way a hundred according to cent this season but he had a large effect each time he is available, even when he is at 80, 85, 90 in keeping with cent,” Ten Hag informed newshounds.
“So we do the whole thing and Anthony Martial is doing the whole thing. I assume Anthony Martial is the participant who has spent the maximum hours at Carrington this season, to recover, to get back, it’s miles genuinely a pity for him.”
Weghorst is amongst those seeking to make an effect in Martial’s absence, but the Netherlands targetman has scored only one intention in six appearances due to the fact that signing on mortgage from Burnley ultimate month.
Ten Hag is adamant Weghorst is doing an awesome job and as compared him to Marcus Rashford, who went thru a difficult period earlier than locating a number of his nice form for United and England.
“Wout Weghorst is doing a actual top activity for us in pressing,” Ten Hag stated
“His offensive actions are excellent and he is the one who makes players round him play higher, to create spaces, and also he had a few contributions inside the field.
“As a crew, we ought to work higher to count on his moves due to the fact his actions are top, quite numerous times he become near. He had many accurate movements and already a number of proper contributions to our results.
“At the begin of the season for Rashy, we mentioned it often, and each time I say, ‘It will come. We need to work on exercises, the team around has to behave better, but I see his capability’.
“The identical I see with Wout. He will score however, in the period in-between, do the other stuff.”Usman Khawaja has lambasted former Australia coach Mickey Arthur for the ‘homework’ gate controversy that passed off in the course of Australia’s tour of India in 2013.
Khawaja, along with three others — James Pattinson, Mitchell Johnson, and Shane Watson — was suspended for one match for not filing a ‘homework’ assigned with the aid of the then educate, Arthur.
The players were assigned to give in writing answers to queries on methods to enhance the team’s overall performance, and the 4 did not submit their answers in time.
The left-hander believes Arthur become trying to prioritise the whole thing apart from being a better competitor on the field.
“All the education and help body of workers with Mickey (Arthur) on the pinnacle have been looking to focus on all of the other matters, but that wasn’t why we were losing,” Khawaja stated.
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