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I think despite it all Martial is miles too good for Spurs. Just cant see him wanting to go there when at his best he still gets in our best 11. If he does go it will have to be abroad.
That's never really been in doubt, albeit I think even the declining Cavani has shown us that Martial is lacking in certain things that you'd want your centre forward to do. The problem is that his top level isn't seen often enough. That potential people were so excited by is long gone as a concept. He'll be 26 at the turn of the year and we're still having to view him as a fixer-upper. If there's a market for him I'd like to see us buy a proper centre forward who, if nothing else, is more consistent.
Kane and Son want out and I expect will get out in the next couple of years. Without them that Spurs squad is shocking. I just can’t see a player of Martials ability actively moving there.
Literally everything is stupid. He's done here. He's had 5 seasons or more here in which he hasn't proven himself worthy to be either our future left winger or centre forward. He's on exorbitant wages that he does not deserve and represents absolutely poor value. Furthermore his value can actually diminish further. The mistake we would make is not selling him and allowing him to become deadwood for us, sitting on 200,000 plus a week. Sancho/Grealish make far less now and would offer that value. Right now some teams would take a punt on a blip and still sign him. However the issues with Martial aren't just the poor season. It's the inability to progress the ball on his right side, its the lack of off the ball movement, its the lack of anticipation in front of goal, its the lacklustre pressing and the lack of good decisionmaking/creativity on the left. He's not what we hoped he would be. Some teams will highlight our lack of creativity, which has been a factor due to our lack of creative wide options to support Bruno ( Martial included), but Martial contributes to that by offering nothing when the ball isn't played to feet. Sell him, recoup as much as possible, even if its relatively low, use that money plus more to sign Sancho or Grealish.
Personally I think there’d be far more interest than some like to claim. He’s a golden ball winner and a very very talented player. That buys opportunities.
He's not as good as Son, or even close. I imagine Spurs won't think his wages are worth it.
Amen.
Such a weird post. There literally isn’t and never has been a Martial brigade. There’s a portion of fans who enjoy watching him as player and appreciate what he has given the club. Likely the same people that also believed in his talent. In my book that constitutes support. He’s had a poor season but prior to this was making strides and was one of our best players . This dismissive attitude is just strange.
I look forward to it, off it proves me wrong id be delighted.
If we get Sancho in, then we would most likely see him on the left and Greenwood on the right.
