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​Man Utd loanee Martial: I wanted to leave the day Rangnick arrived

Manchester United forward Anthony Martial suggests that he did not wait to see how things would change under interim coach Ralf Rangnick.

Martial had already made up his mind about leaving United in the January transfer window, after struggling for game time early in the campaign.

While those struggles came under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Martial states in a recent interview that an eventual loan move to Sevilla was on his mind from the day Rangnick arrived.

"When he arrived, my objective was to leave," Martial told The Guardian.

"I told him I wanted to leave and that's it. He talked to me. He said that if you want to stay, with the way you are training if you continue to train like that, you will play. But my objective was that I wanted to leave, to have a new atmosphere, a new club."

The French forward has a contract with United until 2024, but he added: "I asked United to leave because I wanted to play but I still have a contract. They know what I want, so we will see at the end of the season. I'm here just for the end of the season and that's it."

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