Yeah but like Depay we'll end up relying on a played whose years away from hitting their full potential.
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Yeah but like Depay we'll end up relying on a played whose years away from hitting their full potential.
If we're willing to spunk £37 million on a raw and unproven teenager but were penny pinching with Pedro's fee something is seriously off, even on the off-chance that Martial goes on to become the best striker in the league.
The sensible approach would be to sign an established top class player or two now and move for Martial next year, when (hopefully) our team is more settled and functioning as a unit. There isn't a 19 year old in the world that could come in and fix our problems at this time. We need instant quality and experience, not investments for the future.
The sensible approach would be to sign an established top class player or two now and move for Martial next year, when (hopefully) our team is more settled and functioning as a unit. There isn't a 19 year old in the world that could come in and fix our problems at this time. We need instant quality and experience, not investments for the future.
I actually think it's unfair to hang such a high transfer fee on a player so young. Could end up being a massive noose around the lad's career if he doesn't settle and play well.
But we will be sure to have the right players, when you have players like that in your team, you are golden.
I wouldn't reject €55m, Jesus.
He has scored 11 goals for Monaco last season. It's a bid ridiculous that we would bid £37m for him now and even worse for Monaco if they turned it down.
Never heard of him but I'm all for it if he is considered a huge talent. We still need an older short term solution on top though.
The part I liked the most in that video was Berba's goal. Not saying Martial is poor or anything, but I don't see how he's worth more than 10M let alone 35M.
If Monaco really turn down that much money, they're idiots. He's not worth half of it.
We are desperate..everyone knows that..We come across as amateurs again really.
How the feck do you properly pronounce his last name anyways?
Who?
Everyone knows we're desperate for attacking talent. We'll be overpaying for every player in that position for the next couple of transfer windows.
Teams won't even let us overpay anymore 
Don't care about all the naysayers. He's a great talent, will be brilliant and I want him to play for United in the near future. Weird how it suddenly matters again how much he'd cost after all the "it's not my money".
Them saying no to 55 million
They are not idiots, he is doing well for the moment, he will continue to improve and impress and leave for a lot of money in the next years. And when he leaves they will replace him with Corentin Jean that they bought for nothing and loaned back.
Or they know we're absolutely desperate and will rinse us for every last penny.
This really does smack of utter desperation from our end.
LVG thinks he's worth twice what we could have got Pedro for?
They won't. They've been selling all their best players. Kondogbia(Inter), Carrasco(Atletico Madrid), Abdennour(Valencia)..
€55m seems hard to believe though.
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I just can't believe we find ourselves bidding a massively inflated amount for a player that is such a big risk for a crucial postion, and we're still getting knocked back.
How have we left ourselves in such a crazy position is beyond me.
How have we left ourselves in such a crazy position is beyond me.
This lad would cost for then Hazard, Sanchez, Pedro or Ozil cost.
Its at times like this you really do have to question our transfer policy.
Its at times like this you really do have to question our transfer policy.
Yeah but we've already missed out on Pedro and we still need more up front. Options are limited, and we've been missing out on a lot of very talented young players because we weren't willing to spend the money when they were available. No idea if this kid is in that category, mind.
He looks a great prospect but if he's only a prospect then it could be a season or two before he was ready to make an impact at Utd...Still getting any striker out there with pace and potential could only be a good thing in the long run...Seems like Monaco have no intention of selling him and don't need the money either
Like Draxler? Pato? Gourcuff? Or countless other young prodigies that could have gone for outrageous sums only to fail to progress as expected.
If the fee is as high as reported I would be very surprised if it's not heavily structured and dependent on appearances, winning trophies etc.. Why not wait and see before going all melodramatic about the fee.
If they truly rejected that, we could go for Breel Embolo. Same age, looks really talented as well. Possbily easier to get.
Or he could stagnate for couple of years or pick up a injury and what not.
It's not like he's gonna be sold more than this in the future either.
Anyway, for those that watch French football regularly does it make more sense to pay 30 million for Lacazette or 40 million for martial ?
If this is true, then this is desperation.
Unlike them he is not playing for a shit manager or injury prone or unprofessional or asocial. So I'm going to consider that like most 19 years old players he is only going to improve.
And most importantly Monaco will not buy a decent replacement, because they have Corentin Jean currently on loan, the money will be useless.
Edit: Now I don't know maybe they have other plans.
Certainly looks like it.
Jesus Christ, we need a pacey direct player but this is just nuts.
This amount of money for such an unproven player is crazy, Monaco really are taking us to the cleaners here but I see no other options..
This amount of money for such an unproven player is crazy, Monaco really are taking us to the cleaners here but I see no other options..
Lacazette should go for less because Lyon aren't loaded and are barely breaking even, in 2013/2014 they had a 25m deficit. But just in term of football yes, Lacazette is a better player currently, a far better player.
Anyone know how's his record in youth football ? Has he shown some great potential there ?
Because his record so far in senior football is Okayish at best.
Because his record so far in senior football is Okayish at best.
Maybe best we pass in this one, been desperate maybe clouds sound judgement.
So Lacazette would be a better fit right now but Martial has more potential ? Is that right ?
And aren't Monaco into making money right now by selling their players ? It's not like they've sold likes of Abdennour, Kurzawa etc.. for this much over market price either. We are offering way better value for Martial at those numbers.
Didn't he just renew his contract?
His record so far is pretty good for a 19 year old. But is pretty good worth this amount of money, obviously it's an investment in his potential though.
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