MANCHESTER UNITED hitman Anthony Martial is set to miss the remainder of the season with a knee injury, according to manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
The France international injured his left knee in France’s World Cup qualifier with Kazakhstan late last month, which they won 2-0.
And Solskjaer reckons his latest setback could rule him out for the remainder of the campaign.
The Norwegian told MUTV: “Unfortunately, he sprained his knee with France.
“It’s always when they go away on internationals… you can keep your fingers crossed and hope they come back fit.
“Paul [Pogba] has played in all three games, 30, 60, 90 minutes, so that was a boost for us.
“Losing Anthony for what might be the rest of the season is very disappointing, especially when reports from there [France] was that it wasn’t anything serious but it looks a bad one.”
Solskjaer had hoped to get Martial ‘back before the end of the season’ but had already mentally prepared himself to no longer be able to call on his services.
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Earlier this week, he said: “Losing Anthony for what might be the rest of the season is very disappointing.
“Reports from France were that it wasn’t serious but it looks a bad one.”
Martial’s potentially season-ending injury would cap off a frustrating campaign for the former Monaco man.
Goals have been hard to come by for the forward, who has only found the back of the net seven times in 33 appearances this campaign.
Martial has, however, provided eight assists for his side – who are gearing up for the first leg of their Europa League quarter-final tie with Spanish side Granada.
Although he won’t be able to deploy Martial any time soon, Solskjaer will be boosted by the news that England international Marcus Rashford is back to full fitness.
Speaking during his pre-match press conference, the former United striker said: “I can’t disclose my team now
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“We’re not going to do that.
Marcus is travelling and we have to make a decision tomorrow if he starts or is on the bench. I don’t think he’ll play the 90 minutes.
“Marcus is okay-ish. He’s trained this morning.
“He’s available to be selected, as I said, either as a sub or a starter.
“Juan [Mata] is back training as is Alex [Telles], so we’re looking stronger definitely.
“We didn’t lose anyone last weekend against Brighton.”
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
