Anthony Martial: 'Mourinho openly mocked me'

Manchester United striker Anthony Martial has accused Jose Mourinho of bullying him.

Mourinho and Martial

— It all started with my number. Even during the holidays, he began to send me messages asking if I would like to change my number to 11, he convinced me how great it was because of the legend Ryan Giggs. I explained to him that I respect Giggs a lot, but I want to keep the "nine". However, when I returned to the club, I saw that I would already be playing under number 11. This was only the beginning.

He openly mocked me. He spoke caustically about me to the press, as he did with Karim Benzema at Real Madrid. In the first half of the 2017/2018 season, I was the team's top scorer, but he took on Alexis Sanchez, and I hardly played. And all this was just before the World Cup. All this cost me dearly, because France won without me. I should have been there,” said the France Football striker.

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