Jose Mourinho sheds some light upon Anthony Martial’s pre-season departure

Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho said that he was aware of Anthony Martial’s departure from the team’s pre-season tour. The reason why the 22-year old winger left was so that he could fly to Paris for the birth of his child.

Mourinho said, “I found out that Martial was going to Paris when he told me. 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.”

It is believed that the French winger wants to leave Manchester United this summer. Manchester United are currently playing at the International Champions Cup. They began with a win over Milan on penalties yesterday and will now take on Liverpool at Michigan on Saturday.