Pires wants Martial at Arsenal

Arsenal legend Robert Pires is urging his former club to make a move for Manchester United's Anthony Martial.

Martial joined Manchester United in 2015, becoming the most expensive teenager in history when he left Monaco for a fee of over £50million.

The 22-year-old France international has struggled to live up to his price-tag, and regularly found himself out of Jose Mourinho's starting team.

Martial, who has been linked with several clubs across Europe, has started less than half of Manchester United's Premier League fixtures this season.

Barcelona, Chelsea and Arsenal have all expressed interest in signing the young forward and Pires says he is a big fan of Martial.

"I'm a big fan of Anthony Martial," said Pires, who won two Premier League titles at Arsenal.

"'He's very fast, he has excellent dribbling skills and he has the potential to score a lot of goals, but I think he has to play more football. I don't know why he isn't playing more for Manchester United and [Jose] Mourinho needs to show more confidence in him. I would welcome him at Arsenal!"