According to talkSPORT, Anthony Martial will be allowed to leave Manchester United for free at the conclusion of the season.

The 28-year-old has a contract extension until 2025, but United will not take advantage of the possibility to keep the Frenchman.

Martial is planning a lengthy farewell.

Martial, who joined the Red Devils from Monaco in 2015, agreed to a contract extension in 2019.

Since then, the striker’s situation has deteriorated to the point where he spent the second half of the 2021/22 season on loan at Sevilla.

The Spanish Europa League champions chose not to pursue a permanent signing for Martial, who has subsequently been handed a second chance by Erik ten Hag.

Martial had nine goals and three assists in 29 appearances after being reintegrated into the squad last season, and he’s frequently been chosen ahead of £73 million summer signing Rasmus Hojlund this season.

However, output has lagged, with only two goals and an assist in 19 games, and there was a recent snafu against Newcastle.

Martial and Ten Hag were spotted arguing amid a disappointing performance in a 1-0 loss, and Graeme Souness later voiced his opinion on the forward to talkSPORT.

“Where Manchester United are,” he started. “I’ll try without hesitating – I believe you need to look no further than Martial to understand what that club is all about.”

“I used to write for The Sunday Times, and four or five years ago I wrote, ‘This has to be Martial’s last chance saloon moment.'” They had awarded him another contract, which he did not deserve, therefore by using his name, I suggest that they had constantly made poor decisions in football things over the past decade.

Martial’s numbers aren’t particularly appealing.

“The most important thing a football club has to get right is recruitment, and then on top of that, who you think you can afford to sell, who’s no longer a Man United player, who’s not fit or good enough to be a Man United player, who doesn’t show the right attitude.”

“These are things… you’re playing for Man United, you’re playing for that shirt, you’re playing for a club that represents everything good about football in its history.”

“You’ve got players who are just going through the motions right now, which brings us back to the manager.” The fact that Martial is still at the club represents a decade of bad football decisions for me.

“And I’ll tell you what happens with players like Martial: you see him in training one day and think, ‘Bloody hell, he’s a player, there’s a real player in there.'”

“But how many chances does he need to prove he’s a big-club player, his chance went five years ago, he shouldn’t be there, and he is just one of several major football decisions they’ve got wrong.”