Manchester United: Fans doubt Anthony Martial after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s show of faith

Manchester United fans are less than hopeful after The Evening Standard suggested there was big hope amongst the coaching staff for Anthony Martial this season.

According to the report, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is hoping his latest show of faith in Martial will see the France international perform on a consistent basis.

Solskjær hopes the faith he has shown in Martial will finally see him produce on a consistent basis #mulive [evening standard]

— utdreport (@utdreport) August 8, 2019

It is thought that Solskjaer will finally give Martial the role through the middle, something the 23-year-old craves. The Frenchman is also rated as one of the most clinical finishers at the club and his manager is banking on him scoring at least 20 goals this season.

Martial, who is valued at £54m (by Transfermarkt), was in inconsistent form last season, which saw him start just 24 of the 35 games he played in the Premier League and Champions League.

The Old Trafford giants enjoyed the fifth-worst goalscoring campaign of the top six clubs in the Premier League last season, scoring just 65 goals.

Some fans have their doubts that Martial can finally produce consistent performances, like his debut campaign where he scored 18 goals and assisted 11.

Here is a selection of tweets from the Old Trafford faithful over the reports from The Evening Standard:

I give him 5 games before he enters one of his catatonic states in a pre-game warm up and gets benched.

— #WoodturdOut #GlazersOut (@ian_black123) August 8, 2019

Nothing in pre-season would suggest that.

— Dan-O (@Nightwink99) August 8, 2019

I have 0 faith in martial 1 or 2 games glimpses of world class then perishes god knows where we will finish this season

— Shahbaaz shaikh (@Shabhy7) August 9, 2019

A lot of faith to put in a guy who looks like it would be a struggle for him to push out a good morning to you each day at training

— Timothy (@itstimothy_y) August 8, 2019