ANTHONY MARTIAL ADMITS he was frightened by the intensity of the Premier League ahead of his move to Manchester United.

The 20-year-old made the surprise switch from Monaco to Old Trafford last summer in a deal that could end up costing United £61.5 million.

“At the start I was scared because I had heard a lot about the intensity of the English game,” Martial told RTL.

But I realised during the matches that I was able to keep up, and I was really very happy about that because as a youngster I struggled to finish games, at the age of 17 they said I needed to work on my endurance.”

Asked if he was more afraid of the intensity of the tackles made in English football, Martial replied: “No the intensity, the tackles you need to know how to avoid them and not injure yourself.

“But I love the English game, it was really everything I wanted.”

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