Manchester United are braced for the prospect of Anthony Martial still being at the club next season due to the lack of offers for the forward.
Martial, 26, has scored eight goals for United in the last two seasons and flopped during a four-month loan spell with Sevilla this year.
Sources say "nobody is breaking the door down" to sign Martial after a campaign where he managed two club goals and four starts for United.
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Figures at United are more optimistic about Marcus Rashford's resurgence and sources close to the player insist he is "raring to go" ahead of the new season.
Martial is contracted to the club until 2024 but he is their fourth-choice left winger behind Jadon Sancho, Rashford and Anthony Elanga.
United are in discussions to extend the contract of teenage forward Alejandro Garnacho, potent from the left-hand side, and Hannibal Mejbri made his full debut in that role against Crystal Palace last month.
United also intend to sign a forward to balance out the attack and ease the goalscoring burden on Cristiano Ronaldo. Despite an impressive 23-goal haul in 2019-20, Martial has failed to vindicate his reclaiming of the number nine shirt three years ago.
New United manager Erik ten Hag accepts he may have to utilise Martial in some capacity if the France international is marooned at Old Trafford.
France coach Didier Deschamps dropped Martial from his squad last season and he is unlikely to get fulfilling playing time at United to force his way back into the fold for the World Cup in November.
In March, Martial said: "I asked United to leave because I wanted to play. I still have a contract but they know what I want, so we will see at the end of the season.
"'When [Rangnick] arrived, my objective was to leave. I told him I wanted to leave and that's it."
Martial is scheduled to report for pre-season training at United's Carrington training complex on Monday with the rest of the players who did not participate in this month's international fixtures.
The feeling at United is Martial has much to prove if he is to be reintegrated into the squad and there is an acceptance his attitude has been an issue in the past. Interim United manager Ralf Rangnick claimed in January Martial had requested to be omitted from the matchday squad at Aston Villa, something Martial denied.
Martial wanted to leave United permanently in 2018 and Jose Mourinho was open to selling the Frenchman when his re-sale value was far higher than it is currently, but the United co-chairman Joel Glazer blocked any move amid firm interest from Tottenham.
Mourinho fined Martial after he went AWOL during the pre-season tour of the United States, having attended the birth of his son, Swan, in Paris.
Rashford's future has been uncertain in recent months with the 24-year-old struggling under Rangnick but his situation is more favourable than Martial's.
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