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Anthony Martial's cousin insists there is 'no possibility' of the Manchester United forward leaving the club this month.

Martial, 21, enjoyed an impressive pre-season and emerged as a late substitute against West Ham on Sunday amid reports the club had rejected an offer from Tottenham.

The France international produced a crowdpleasing cameo as he struck just his third Premier League goal of the year and was serenaded jubilantly by United supporters.

Martial's cousin Jema posted about the United future's forward on Twitter before he deleted the tweet but several United supporters took a screen grab.

He wrote: "For Manchester United, Anthony's departure is not a possibility, even on loan. They rely on him."

Martial's song was aired loudly by the Stretford End as he warmed up at the weekend and the fans' favourite acknowledged the support by applauding them.

Internazionale have expressed strong interest in including Martial in any deal involving Ivan Perisic but United have dismissed that as brinkmanship.

Spurs were interested in Martial a few months before he moved to United in 2015 but Martial is understood to be settled in Manchester and moved back into the city centre earlier this year.

United manager Jose Mourinho said after Martial's dazzling dribble against Real Madrid in a friendly last month the Frenchman needed to be more consistent.

"Obviously we want more consistency in his talent," Mourinho said. "I think today was positive for him, that's why I left him on for 90 minutes on the pitch.

"He was enjoying and was trying things, it's important in these friendly matches to try things and he did, so it's good for Anthony and his confidence.

"He's a young player, still time to learn, still time to improve, still time to develop, and it's also his personality. I can say that he is training better than before, he's working harder than before, it's a question to bring his talent more in a consistent way."

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