Former Manchester United forward Anthony Martial has penned a three-year deal with AEK Athens, the Greek first division club announced on Thursday.

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag said forward Anthony Martial's injury issues make it difficult to rely on him but backed the Frenchman to be part of his plans next season.

Weghorst is among those trying to make an impact in Martial's absence, but the Netherlands targetman has scored only one goal in six appearances since signing on loan from Burnley last month.

Neither Anthony Martial nor Marcus Rashford are happy spending time on the bench, but the competition between them is pushing both to greater heights for Manchester United this season.

Manchester United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has heaped praise on team mate Anthony Martial for the professional and mature manner in which the forward has responded to recent criticism from manager Jose Mourinho.

Jose Mourinho has urged Anthony Martial to follow midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan's example and force his way into Manchester United's starting line up.

Anthony Martial and Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored twice each to help Manchester United ease into the League Cup semifinals with a 4-1 home victory over West Ham United on Wednesday as Arsenal suffered a 2-0 home defeat by Southampton.

The Frenchman scores in the last minute of stoppage time after an own goal from Chris Smalling had cancelled out Marouane Fellaini's first-half strike.