Manchester United star Anthony Martial sent sex texts to a model behind his eight months pregnant girlfriend’s back — while under-fire boss Jose Mourinho was facing a firing.
The French winger, 23, was one of a number of Red Devils players who repeatedly underperformed for Mourinho.
The Sun can reveal that $95,000-a-week Martial clearly had his mind on other things while getting steamy with Malika Semichi, 20. He met the French model at a Paris nightclub, where they danced and exchanged details.
The next day Malika started receiving X-rated messages and pictures apparently taken at The Lowry Hotel, Manchester — where United has stayed before matches and Mourinho has been living.
“To start with it was just innocent stuff like, ‘How are you doing’ and silly selfies,” Semichi said. “But then he started asking more and more personal questions. He seemed really into me. I knew he had a girlfriend with a baby on the way, but I just tried to put it to the back of my mind.”
Semichi said Martial asked her to send naked pictures and videos.
“In one of the messages he asked me for a threesome, but I wouldn’t do that,” she said. “He was pestering me for a meet-up. He said I’d have to come and see him in Manchester so no one would see us. He was so scared of his girlfriend finding out. I entertained it for a bit because I’d liked him so much. But I knew how wrong it was. He had a 3-month-old baby at home.
“If the circumstances were different I definitely would have pursued a relationship with him. As it stands, I think he should be ashamed of himself.”
The player’s behavior raises fresh questions about the dedication of Mourinho’s players after the team’s shocking start to the season.
Martial met Semichi at the Hobo nightclub in early June, shortly after France manager Didier Deschamps stunned fans by leaving him out of the 2018 World Cup squad.
At the time, his girlfriend, Melanie Da Cruz, was eight months pregnant with their son, Swan.
“I was out with some friends. Anthony was sitting at a table close to mine and kept looking over at me,” Semichi said. “Eventually I went over to talk to him and he asked me to dance. He said he was nervous because he was afraid someone would see us together. Before he left, he asked for my Snapchat and gave me his. He messaged me on there the very next day, and almost every day for the next two weeks.”
Martial’s girlfriend Da Cruz starred in “Secret Story,” a French version of reality show “Big Brother.”
After Swan’s birth on July 26, Martial posted an Instagram snap of his son’s feet.
He wrote: “Thank you Lord for giving me a second beautiful child in good health.” Da Cruz posted an image of Martial sucking his thumb while celebrating a goal.
When Martial met Da Cruz, he was married to Samantha Jacquelinet, with whom he has a 2-year-old daughter, Peyton.
The $73 million star split from his childhood sweetheart after The Sun on Sunday revealed he had bedded X Factor wannabe Emily Wademan in January 2016.
Jacquelinet later told how the love rat left her to bring up Peyton alone and branded Da Cruz’s behavior “disgusting.”
Martial had a roller-coaster relationship with Portuguese Mourinho at Old Trafford.
He quit United’s preseason tour of the US after telling the manager he was going to Paris to be with Da Cruz during her pregnancy.
Mourinho fined him $228,000 — around two weeks’ wages — for going AWOL. Martial was unable to hide his delight at the 55-year-old boss’ sacking Tuesday.
He liked a tweet of a video detailing the alleged reasons for Mourinho’s downfall, including the failure to land a center back in the summer.
A caricature of Mourinho says: “I could use a massage. My center back is killing me. I lost the dressing room. I mean I lost my way to the dressing room.”