The French international missed the end of last season and Euro 2020 due to a knee injury sustained while on international duty.
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Manchester United forward Anthony Martial believes he will be back to his best as soon as he regains peak fitness. The French international missed the end of last season and Euro 2020 due to a knee injury sustained while on international duty. However, he is back in the mix with the first team again and started the friendly win over Everton at the weekend. The forward continues to push for a spot in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s Starting XI for the Premier League opener against Leeds United on Saturday. The 25-year-old Frenchman is hoping his work in preparation for this term will allow him to perform at his best in the Premier League and Champions League.
“I am feeling a lot better after five long months,” he told us. “Getting back together with the team and training with them again, I really feel a great improvement. I am going to need a few more weeks to reach my top fitness levels, and I’m really happy just now to have made my return to training. To be honest, I was really happy to start [against Everton] after those long months without playing, it was tremendous to get back out there, especially with the fans and the win, brilliant.
“With the season I had last year, and the niggling injuries I had which prevented me from being at 100 per cent, I’ve since put in my best prep work, so as to be sure of coming back in the best form I can. And I hope I can get to my full fitness level as quickly as possible now, to set me up for a great season this time round. I hope to avoid injury, of course, and to be really ready and in top shape fitness-wise, to be able to have a great season, and win some trophies.”
For Manchester United, the new season will start with the much-anticipated encounter with rivals Leeds United on Saturday. It is important for United to begin in a positive fashion, after failing to do so last time around. The players’ confidence will be high following the thumping 4-0 friendly victory over Everton.
“It is going to be a big game, as we are all aware of the intense rivalry between these two great clubs,” he said. “And it is up to us to make a good start to the season and to do so by winning this first match. We know them as a team who never stop running, and who usually tend to man mark one-on-one. It will be down to us to match them physically and get close, and to find the space to be able to hit them with our counter-attacks.”
