Who would you keep: Rashford or Martial?

[Sassy Colin]

Why do we have to choose?

Did anyone ask that yet?

 

[diarm]

So the sulky Frenchman vs the homegrown Manchester lad.

Hmmmmm......

Because sulky Frenchmen have never worked out at United...

 

[khoazany]

Who would you keep, Messi or Ronaldo?

 

[amolbhatia50k]

Martial obviously. Although I'm not sure I'd keep mourinho over martial, rashford, Shaw fosu mensah and other talents blossoming a United.

 

[Man-United]

Rashford for me but difficult choice.

 

[francobaresi]

Martial

 

[Randall Flagg]

Why do we have to choose?

Did anyone ask that yet?

you just do

And Rashford

 

[AXVnee7]

On ability - Martial
On sentiment - Rashford

In reality: To lose either would be a huge mistake. We shouldn't just be keeping both but adding a 3rd and so on!

 

[Jazz]

Martial.

Though I want both to stay right where they are.

 

[iammemphis]

Id go for Rashford. He's not the finished article yet, but i can see Martial plateauing and staying at this level despite the hype.

 

[Sassy Colin]

you just do

And Rashford

I refuse to participate in these hypothetical choice threads.

 

[VanGaalEra]

It's like Rooney or Ronaldo all over again.

 

[OnlyTwoDaSilvas]

I'd be more sad to see Martial leave than Rashford. I like Rashford a lot, and it's always good when a player comes through the ranks, but on pure raw ability, Martial is more gifted. His close control is the best I've seen in a United player in a long time. He's a player who looks the most likely to make something from nothing, and we've probably not really had that since Ronaldo.

But it would be a mistake to let either of them go. Both certainly have a place and both are many years away from their absolute peak. Rashford has spoken of how highly he values learning from Zlatan, and he seems willing to wait. Martial, at least from his agents mouth, less so. That is concerning. It would be a shame to see him leave, and we know Mourinho only wants players who 100% want to be here. He'll let anyone who wants to leave go if the players value is met.

 

[BlueCelery]

Martial seems to become better the longer he doesn't play.

 

[harms]

Not convinced that Rashford will be United quality when he peaks, while Martial definitely has all the tools to become an outstanding player (which is still not a guarantee, of course), so him.

Hopefully Rashford proves me wrong in a few years, would be a nice story and it's always great to see the academy products in the team

 

[Squaaaad]

Martial

 

[a_devil_inside]

Martial looks to be the better prospect

 

[ghagua]

I would rather keep both, but looks like Martial may be on his way out with the way things are going between him and Mourinho.

 

[Fridge chutney]

Thankfully we will never have to choose. Rashford's ceiling is higher than many are giving him credit, in my opinion.

 

[Mrs Smoker]

I first need to know what they like to listen, what kind of food satisfy them the most, and just how good was Streets of Fire - very, or very very?

 

[Hugh Jass]

This is like Sophies choice. I would keep Martial but its a tough decision.

 

[Jib]

Martial

 

[youngrell]

Tony Martial for me. Not had much chance to show it this season, but he is a special player.

 

[Von Mistelroum]

Martial by miles. Rashford could go either way for me, but martial will be a top talent.

 

[nobby the legend]

Happy to have both of them

 

[bosnian_red]

Martial is on a different level to Rashford when it comes to ability and potential, so him

 

[Deleted member 101472]

Nice hypothetical question, id take martial but there are a few other options that I'd have a hard time choosing between.

Pogba or Mkhitaryan
Valencia or bailly

 

[Hawks2008]

I like Rashford, but I take Martial every day of the week.

 

[Sassy Colin]

It's like Rooney or Ronaldo all over again.

At the time I would have said both too, hindsight, however, tells a different story.

 

[JeffBoomTetris]

Martial seems to become better the longer he doesn't play.

Plain wrong assertion. You probably haven't even watched Martial last season. It was better than anything he's produced this season. Even if Martial and Rashford were playing together, many peoples' opinions on them wouldn't change and would stay the same.

 

[JohnnyKills]

Think Rashford will turn out to be very good but Martial could be incredible. That said, hope this is a choice the club never make.

 

[MILLHILLMANC]

id keep both and play them up top together next year but then what do I know?

 

[Raoul]

Martial by some distance.

Edit. Why am I even responding to this ?

 

[djdhrubs]

Martial by miles. Rashford could go either way for me, but martial will be a top talent.

Well, unless he does a Depay/ Rooney/ countless others and doesn't quite fulfil his early promise. He's already showing evidence of a 'between the ears' problem so wouldn't be a major shock to see him being merely above average.

 

[liamp]

Nice hypothetical question, id take martial but there are a few other options that I'd have a hard time choosing between.

Pogba or Mkhitaryan
Valencia or bailly

Pogba and Bailly... at least Martial and Rashford are of a similar age.

Also, Martial by some distance although I don't understand the point of this thought experiment necessarily.

 

[PhilMcD79]

This is a no brainier surely it's Martial easily. If Mourinho can sort his attitude and get him on it in every game he has the potential to be one of the very best in the world and a ballon D'or contender. Rashford is good but is a level below.

 

[Jig1234]

Keep both. Bin Lingard

 

[pseudo_canadian]

Martial for sure.

He has much more potential in my eyes.

 

[Macern]

Young

 

[EvilIrwin]

Rashford, not even a debate.
Martial will very likely not stay here for long term, infact I predict he will leave in a few years. As for Rashford, quite the opposite. Plus being a youth product and English as an added bonus