‘The new Henry’ was what United fans were sold when the Frenchman joined from Monaco in 2015. There was clearly hope that Martial would follow in the footsteps of the Arsenal legend.
His debut against Liverpool added fuel to fire more than anything else. A typical Thierry Henry trademark sidefooted finish into the far corner.
Lee Dixon, also a former Arsenal player and teammate of Henry, has revealed that he spoke to Henry about Martial.
“I said, “What he’s like?” and he looked at me with that look that he does as if to say: “Have I not already spoken to you about this?” ‘
“And he said, “He’s exactly like I was when I came to Arsenal. He needs to go through the process like I did with you lot and I don’t know if the Manchester United dressing room is like that”.
“He said that was the making of him. ‘To liken himself to Martial or another player to him, it really painted a picture of what Martial was like and what his character was like because he’s super-talented like Thierry was and I think his development would have been similar.”
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