A student with a rare form of blood cancer could have just weeks to live unless a bone marrow match is found.

Martin Solomon, 20, is battling Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and desperately needs a life-saving transplant.

But despite a worldwide search no match has yet been found and doctors say time is running out for him.

Celebrities including United defender Rio Ferdinand and City Football Development Executive Patrick Vieira have taken to Twitter asking people to come forward and take a simple, pain-free 10-minute test that could save his life.

Football Sean Wright-Phillips has also recorded this video to appeal for potential donors to come forward.

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Martin, from Sale, was diagnosed just before Christmas 2007. After eight months of chemotherapy and radiotherapy, he was given the all-clear. But last summer the disease struck again.

It was hoped one of his sisters could provide the crucial transfusion. But tests revealed neither 22-year-old Zea – a nurse – nor primary school teacher Serena, 29, were a match.

Family and friends then launched their match4martin campaign to persuade people to be tested.

Blood cancer charity, the Anthony Nolan Trust, scoured their database of would-be donors without success.

Supporters will be at The Printworks on Saturday from noon to 6pm to carry out quick, painless tests on the public. Anyone between 16 and 30, who weighs more than eight stone, can join the bone marrow register.

Martin said: “Without a stem cell donor I will not survive. Please join the register. Please give me the chance to live.”

One of the reasons a match has proved so hard to find for Martin is because mum Paula, 48, is English/Irish and social worker dad Martin, 49, is of Caribbean descent.

Paula, a senior NHS administrator, said: “Martin has to have a transplant. Not having one is not an option. He’s got only weeks now.”

To see if you are a match, go to www.anthonynolan.org