Rangnick confirms Martial conversation: – As long as no club has shown interest, he will stay here

Anthony Martial’s agent recently said that the French striker will leave United in January, and Wednesday wrote Daily Mail as the first newspaper that the Frenchman had also talked to Ralf Rangnick about his situation.

During the blocked part of the press conference before the Newcastle match, the United manager also confirmed that meeting.

– Yes, Anthony said that he had been here for seven years, and that it was time for a change, that he wanted somewhere else. I can understand that too.

– At the same time, it is also important to think about the club’s situation. Now a pandemic is raging, and the club still has big ambitions for three tournaments.

– So yes, we have to look after both the club’s and the players’ interests, but I told him that as long as no club has contacted us, he will stay here.

Rangnick also added that United may drop individual players if it turns out they are unvaccinated.

– It can be important, yes. If you are not vaccinated, you not only risk the player being unavailable for ten days, for example, but this can happen again and again.

– We must try to convince the players that it is right to be vaccinated. Only the doctors here at United know which players have had two or three doses, but I know that the vaccination rate at United is quite similar to that of the Premier League. It should also be in the players’ interest to be vaccinated (so that they are available for as many matches as possible)

After several days with the players in training this week, Rangnick is not worried about the physical condition of the players, and the work to implement more Ralf-ball has been ongoing both in the training field, via meetings and the use of video.

– It is now about finding balance offensively at the same time as we defend ourselves as a team and can get more zeros backwards.

– But it will also be important to have all the players in the best possible condition in the future. Therefore, we may rotate on the team in the future.

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