Martial is not a striker- Van Gaal

The France international scored the triumphant target in the FA Cup semi-final clash with Everton however the Dutchman has denied suggestions that the 20-year-old is a striker

Anthony Martial is not a striker, according to Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal.

The Frenchman scored the triumphant target in damage time as United vanquished Everton 2-1 in their FA Cup semi-final clash at Wembley on Saturday.

Martial has scored a total of 15 goals for United in all competition this season, however Van Gaal requests that he can at present upgrade, and has denied proposition that the Frenchman is a trademark center forward.

After the triumph, Van Gaal told columnists: “He (Martial) can enhance in light of the way that I see still an extensive measure of things he can upgrade and he ought to improve in light of the fact that selective by means of planning and playing would you have the capacity to advance.

“Nevertheless, in like manner when you are playing at a more lifted sum you improve as well. When you are more settled you know each something ought to happen yet again. By then you have experience and can pick much better in the same circumstances as some time as of late.

“I don’t think he is a striker, he is progressively a wing player. Regardless, conceivably later on [he could be a striker].

“However, I don’t think so. He’s another sort of striker than Ruud van Nistelrooy or distinctive instance of Manchester United strikers.”

Van Gaal has gone under weight recently after an, all things considered, more regrettable than normal season at Old Trafford, however says he is not set up to inspect his future without trying to hide, paying little heed to holding banters with the club’s board.

Gotten some data about his future Van Gaal included: “I’m not looking past this resistance.

“We live with weight. For the future I have analyzed that with my board and not with you.”

Martial’s coolly taken victor came after Chris Smalling’s own-target had offset Fellaini’s opener, with Romelu Lukaku seeing a discipline saved by United goalkeeper David de Gea going before Everton’s leveler.

United will stand up to either Crystal Palace  or Watford in the last, with the second semi-final going happening on Sunday.