Morgan Schneiderlin has revealed that even Wayne Rooney was in the dark about Manchester United's new signing Anthony Martial.

The Old Trafford club made a surprise move for the French forward on Monday and will complete a deal worth up to £58million for the 19-year-old before the transfer deadline.

And Martial's compatriot was on hand to convince United's captain of their latest buy's potential.

Anthony Martial is set to complete his move to Manchester United in a deal worth up top £58million

Martial impressed for Monaco but his move to United came as a surprise on the penultimate day of the window

'To be honest, yesterday [Sunday] on the plane, Wayne Rooney came to speak to me and asked me who Martial was, because the English press had started to speak,' Schneiderlin said.

'I told him he's a great player with great potential, who has played some good matches with Monaco last season and the beginning of this.

'I told him he is technical and powerful. A little like Therry Henry, even if it's the press who are making that comparison.'

Martial was granted special permission by the French Football Federation to break off from preparations for their international with Portugal and travel from Clairefontaine to England to conclude a stunning £36m transfer that could ultimately be worth up to £58m for his club Monaco.

Martial’s conversion from winger to striker, bringing his pace and power to a more central role, has inevitably earned comparisons with Henry. He was born and raised in the southern Paris suburb of Massy, a few miles away from where Henry was brought up, and played for the same junior club CO Les Ulis.

Wayne Rooney had to ask his team-mate Morgan Schneiderlin for more details on Martial