Martial cannot speak English, but he scores goals – Van Gaal

Louis Van Gaal has warned that Anthony Martial will only get better, after the teenager grabbed a brace as Manchester United beat Southampton 3-2 on Sunday.

The France international, who arrived for an initial £36m this summer, had scored on his debut at home against Liverpool and showed composure to score twice at St Marys, as United rose to second place, two points behind Manchester City.

 

“What pleases me most about him is that he scores goals,” said Van Gaal.

 

“That is the most important thing, that as a striker he scores goals. That is his quality, his talent. He can improve I think but he has a high level of talent. He shows it.

“You cannot expect consistency from a player of 19 years old. Emotionally they shall have a lot of dips, so that I expect also from him but that is not a big problem for me.

 

“He cannot speak English, I speak French with him, First he needs to adapt to the English culture, he is doing great – three matches in a row and three goals. Not every player can adapt in that system, but he shows he wants to do that and he can do that.”