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Daily Mirror
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Felix Keith

Anthony Martial claims Jose Mourinho "disrespected me" by refusing Man Utd shirt number

Anthony Martial has laid into his former Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho and accused him of showing disrespect by going against his wishes to change his shirt number.

Martial got on well with Louis van Gaal, who signed him for United from Monaco for a fee of £36million back in September 2015. But his relationship with Mourinho was much more strained after Van Gaal was unceremoniously sacked at the end of the 2015/16 season.

The Frenchman claims that it all began when Zlatan Ibrahimovic arrived at the club in July 2016. Martial had taken the No9 shirt, which had previously been worn by Radamel Falcao, upon his arrival at United, but was forced to vacate and change to No11 to make way for Ibrahimovic.

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