Breaking news: 19 year old Manchester United wiz kid is is big winner from Ralf Rangnick's Anthony Martial comment

 

Anthony Martial returned to training 

for Manchester United last week and 

was pictured training at Carrington.

Despite this, Martial did not even make

 the bench for the game against Burnley, 

with youngster Anthony Elanga among the

 substitutes once again.

What was unclear was whether Martial’s 

absence was still due to a lack of fitness, 

and if Elanga will drop out for today’s 

game against Wolves.

Ralf Rangnick’s press conference comments

 suggest if Elanga does drop out, it won’t 

be at Anthony Martial’s expense.

The interim boss said that as far as 

he is concerned, Martial won’t be selected

 while he actively pursues a move away 

from Old Trafford.

Rangnick told the club web site : “He 

is not injured currently, so I decided to 

go with this group of players that we had in 

the squad. It had nothing to do with injuries.”

Discussing his chances of a move away,

 Rangnick explained: “He made it very clear

 that he wants to leave and in a way, I can 

understand his wish to leave and try to 

play more regularly somewhere else. But 

again, here, it is not only about what he 

wants to do but also a question of which

 kind of clubs are interested in him and 

do they meet the demands of the club?

 We have to wait and see.”

While obviously Rangnick could change

 his mind on Martial at any time, it seems 

likely for now that the manager won’t consider

 him for selection.

The reasons are this are not necessarily

 disciplinary, it will be because he feels 

Martial’s head is not at United, and he won’t

 put in a committed display and be fearful 

of getting injured.

Anthony Elanga can be the big winner 

from the situation, with the 19-year-old 

retaining his place in the side.

The teenager scored at a prolific rate 

for the under-23s and for Sweden’s under-

21s last year and also netted his first 

league goal last season.

That goal came against tonight’s opponents

 Wolves, and it cannot be ruled out that 

Elanga gets an appearances from the bench 

this time and another chance to net against them.

Rangnick brought Elanga off the bench 

in his first game in charge, showing how highly

 he rates the youngster.

His emergence certainly makes the decision

 to discard Martial a lot easier.