Rio Ferdinand has highlighted Anthony Martial as the biggest beneficiary of Jose Mourinho's sacking at Manchester United.
The Frenchman, who was signed by Louis van Gaal in 2015, struggled for confidence under the Portuguese manager.
It looked as if he would've been offloaded had the current Tottenham boss remained at Old Trafford.
But he appeared a player reborn once Ole Gunnar Solskjaer succeeded Mourinho in December 2018.
Martial was again finding the net and has carried that form over into this season where he has a career high 22 goals thus far.
And Ferdinand is pleased to be seeing a "positive" player who cost United £58m.
He said on BT Sport: "I think Anthony Martial was probably the main one, for me, that needed rebuilding.
"Jose Mourinho brings in Zlatan Ibrahimovic, takes his number nine shirt. What that does for a player's confidence I cannot tell you. It absolutely zaps the confidence out of you.
"He’s a poacher, a six-yard box player, scoring the scruffy goals, if you like. But he can also bring other people into the game.
"The intensity with which he plays, the skill, the guile that he’s got. This is what I love about him . He’s doing everything you’d want from a number nine right now.
"This is what we saw when he first burst onto the scene for Man United as a teenager. He came in scoring absolute world-beater goals, taking people on and driving at people.
"The dribbling, that’s world-class football what you’re seeing there. What I love about him is his intensity has changed, his whole body language has changed, there’s a new positivity about him.
"He’s somebody that is enjoying having the belief of the current manager. That’s what you need.
"No matter what level you are as a player, you need the backing and the belief from your manager to be able to put what you have on show."
