Louis van Gaal hopes Anthony Martial can keep up form when he moves out of hotel

 

STUNNING START: Martial has hit the ground running

 

Teenager Martial has made a stunning start to life at Old Trafford with four goals in his first four games.
The £36m signing could become the first United player to score in his first three Premier League games when he faces bottom club Sunderland at Old Trafford on Saturday.
But van Gaal believes the striker, 19, has been helped so far by staying in a hotel.

SETTLING IN: LVG says Martial is adjusting well

“He’s still living in a hotel. It’s the first phase of of his adaptation”

Louis van Gaal

The United boss said: “He’s still living in a hotel. It’s the first phase of of his adaptation.
“He is coming in to do his training sessions, eat with the players and prepare for matches so it’s more or less the same rhythm he had when he was at Monaco - except for living in the hotel.
“That’s also a protected area. The big step will come when he settles with his wife in a new house and a new environment.

 

“We will wait and see how he settles into a house or an apartment when his wife might be alone with their kid and then he comes back and has to do shopping or something.”
United, second in the Premier League, will be without the injured defensive trio of Luke Shaw, Marcos Rojo and Paddy McNair against the struggling Black Cats.
England international Shaw is facing six months out with a broken leg but has made a positive start on his road to recovery - helped by special electro stimulant treatment to reduce muscle wastage.