Gary Neville on Anthony Martial's Manchester United future

Are you surprised Martial has turned down a new deal?
I'm not surprised he's turned down a new deal. I think it's probably the general answer of everybody that gets offered a new contract nowadays, that they turn a new one down. He probably wants the same level of money some of the other players in the squad are on, he is probably looking at his options externally. From that point of view, at this moment in time, it doesn't surprise me at all that he's turned it down.

How important is he? How far should Man Utd go to keep him?
To be honest with you, I'm quite neutral [on the Martial situation]. I reckon he probably divides the fans 50:50. When you are watching Anthony Martial, you are not quite sure whether it's someone who's got an incredible talent who will go on to be one of the best in the world, or whether what you are actually seeing is what he is - which is, to be fair, someone who shows it in glimpses and doesn't perform consistently over a season and over, now, a period of three or four seasons.

He's got unbelievable talent, the ability to become one of the best in the world, he just needs confidence, belief and to play in a team that's successful and all of a sudden we'll see the real Martial. On the other hand I'd look at it thinking his body language isn't great, his movement off the ball isn't great, he does not make enough moves between the right back and centre back. He doesn't drive at people often enough in the final third and commit them, doesn't actually have great quality when the ball is at his feet and he works his way in from the left.

I am so torn, I think that's where fans are as well, he is a bit of a conundrum in the sense you don't want to lose him and think of what he might become. On the other hand he may need to leave to become what he might become. Diego Forlan had to play in Spain to become one of the best strikers in La Liga, there are players who have to leave sometimes to achieve what they want. Then there are sometimes players who achieve what they want, Cristiano Ronaldo it just hit him after three seasons and he became incredible. So I am really torn, it feels like I am sitting on the fence, but it is the reality I am at, I cannot make my mind up on him and I am not sure if that's good or bad three years in.

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