Anthony Martial has been handed the No9 shirt at Manchester United.

United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer insists the mercurial Frenchman can fill the goals gap left by his former team-mate's transfer to Inter Milan.

Ahead of the big clash with Chelsea it was a clear vote of confidence for Martial, 23.

Solskjaer played him down the middle of the park a lot in pre-season and even suggested he and Marcus Rashford could form a strike partnership.

Rashford has admitted that he never aimed to be just a main striker and while happy to play there was equally comfortable in any position across a three, behind a lone front man.

Martial spent his time on the left when he played in the same team as Romelu Lukaku.

Solskjaer said: “Of course Rom has a good record and stats he's one of the top number nines around when you want to play with that kind of striker, target man.

“But I'm very confident that we'll get goals from Anthony Martial, Marcus Rashford, Dan James will create, Jesse Lingard will get more."