Jose Mourinho wanted to sell Anthony Martial while Manchester United manager because he thought the Frenchman was "mentally weak" and was too sulky.
Former United boss Mourinho was desperate to dump Martial and replace him with Inter Milan ace Ivan Perisic during his tenure at Old Trafford.
But Ed Woodward stepped in to demand Martial stayed at the club, with the forward seen as a important future player for the Red Devils.
Martial joined United in 2015 when he became the most expensive teenager in history as United parted with £50million for the then Monaco wonder kid.
He scored 17 goals in 49 appearances under Louis van Gaal in his debut campaign at Old Trafford to become a quick hero, but only bagged 31 times in the following three years under Mourinho.
Mourinho and Martial reportedly held a strained relationship, with the attacker often kept out of the side in favour of Romelu Lukaku and Marcus Rashford.
And according to the Times, Mourinho had two major reasons for not wanting to play Martial.
Firstly, he felt he was "mentally weak" for Premier League football, which made it difficult for him to come back from minor setbacks.
Then, the Portuguese was angered by Martial's perceived sulking during matches.
Martial has rediscovered his form under Ole Gunner Solskjaer, as he forms part of lethal front line with Rashford, Jesse Lingard and new signing Daniel James.
He has scored twice already this season, against Chelsea and Wolves , although drew a blank vs Crystal Palace as he struggled with a thigh injury.
“We’ll have to wait and see,” the Solskjaer said about Martial and Luke Shaw's injuries said after the match. “Hopefully they won’t be too bad and maybe we can have them training during the week.”
