The rivalry between Lonnick and Anthony Martial has become the latest "Rashomon" of United's internal contradictions. The German boss said the polo king refused to go with the team, while the French demon king flatly denied it, insisting that he respected the club and the fans. The two men's very different statements mean that one person must be lying, and in order to solve this problem, Manchester United have stepped in to ask Lonnick to shake hands with Martial and find the ideal reason for them to play round - this is a misunderstanding.
Martial was involved in training normally on Monday, stopping to take photos with his loyal fans as he drove away from Carrington Training Ground. During training, he has already held talks with interim manager Ronnick, but it may be difficult for the two to truly reconcile. Martial is said to have been very disappointed by Lonnick's remarks.
Britain's Daily Mirror reported that United asked Lonnick to repair his relationship with Martial and consider letting him play in some games. On Tuesday, Lonnick will attend a pre-Premier League conference with Brentford, when the club hopes he will use "misunderstanding" as an excuse to explain his relationship with Martial and calm the dispute.
In the game away to Villa, due to the injury of Ronaldo, Rashford's illness, and The absence of Martial, United only had 6 outfielders on the bench, and Lonnick had to arrange for two goalkeepers to enter the list and increase the number of substitutes.
Manchester United are happy to let Martial leave in the winter transfer window, but from the current situation, it is still unknown whether the French demon king can leave the team smoothly. His first choice was Sevilla in La Liga, but United rejected the other side's first loan offer, the Red Devils demanded a loan fee of £6 million, and the other side bore the salary of Martial's £250,000 weekly salary for the second half of the season, which Sevilla could not afford.
If United do not lower their requirements, Anthony Martial's loan to Sevilla will not be completed. On the other hand, the Premier League clubs, which gave the starting price, were not as good as the polo king, and he refused to rent out to other clubs in England.
Italian transfer expert Fabrizio Romano has revealed that Martial is discouraged by English football and unwilling to join another Premier League club, so Tottenham and Newcastle United have been rejected by him. 'Anthony Martial wants to leave Manchester United, but he is still not interested in renting out to clubs in England, and invitations from Newcastle and Tottenham have been rejected by him. "Barca, Sevilla and Juventus were the three next choices he left in January, and United asked the loan side to pay the salary and the loan fee," Romano said.
To be sure, Barca, Juve and Sevilla, like Sevilla, are not wealthy clubs, and Anthony Martial's £250,000 a week salary is certainly an unbearable burden for them on loan. If this situation continues, Martial may have to stay at Manchester United after January, and he has fallen further behind in Ronnick's forward ranking, with Ronaldo, Cavani, Mason Greenwood, Rashford and even youngster Anthony Erlanga being more valued by the manager.
Among them, the 19-year-old Swedish fast Mars Ellanga started the Premier League game away to Villa, was very active in both offensive and defensive ends, and was considered to be more qualified to start than Sancho, Martial, Rashford and Greenwood.
At the same time, Martial enjoys a high weekly salary of 250,000 pounds, but he is only the 6th striker in the Manchester United squad, which is enough to become a strange talk in international football.