Despite all the rumours, Manchester United boss Mourinho has revealed that he was well aware of Anthony Martial’s decision to leave the club’s tour.
The Frenchman left the club’s United States tour early to attend the birth of his child with partner Melanie da Cruz.
I found out that Martial was going to Paris when he told me,’ said Mourinho. ‘Was two or three days ago. “When it is personal reasons, everyone analyses that the way they think is the correct way and when a man is going to be a father in this case, it’s the second time he is going to be a father, and he decides is very important for him to go, nobody has the right to stop him to go.’
Martial missed United’s clash with AC Milan in LA, where his team-mates beat the Serie A giants 9-8 on penalties after a 1-1 draw in normal time.