Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial are both close to signing new long-term deals.

Rashford and Martial had both seen contract talks stall over the last 12-months, with neither player happy with their roles under then boss Jose Mourinho.

But United’s hierarchy led by executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward have maintained they were crucial to the club’s future and they are now showing that by handing both hugely improved terms to recognise their current standings.

They are the cornerstone of Manchester United’s future, potentially as good as anything in the world and the Old Trafford hierarchy know it, hence the

Both players had been strongly linked with move away from the club – even this month, but following Mourinho’s departure, both have become integral and United have wasted little time in engaging their teams in talks and they have gone well.

Bookmakers believe both are firmly staying put…PaddyPower make Martial 3/1 to join Inter Milan, whilst Rashford is 10/1 for a Juventus switch.