Anthony Martial

What do think of the (supposedly) imminent signing of Anthony Martial?

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bucky said:
Let's put it this way, he's better than our own Wilson. Lacazette is 5 years older than him, not really fair to compare him to someone like that.
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We can't say that as we never give Wilson a fecking chance! We rather have Chicharito sitting on his arse
 
Price is high but with the Chicha sale we will be more than 12 million in the positive, he is exactly the kind of player I wanted us to gamble on.
 
Would still be a bit dissapointing. Don't know much about the lad but from the comments on here he is no one to take us to the next level neither.

Oh and 50 million euros for a 19 year old is ridiculous.
 
Raoul said:
Just saw that Berba is currently not on contract. :drool:
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You are behind, old man. Keep up. Berba was the target earlier in day. Since then we have moved onto Pato then Austin and now Martial.
 
Alock1 said:
Pedro and De Bruyne aren't all potential. This kid is.
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True. But who is there available to sign? He's almost 20 years old and looks a very decent player already, especially physically speaking. He has huge potential, though I guess we could splash on Lacazette as well. We need players without a doubt, and Martial is at the age that if he fulfills his potential, he could be one of the top strikers in the world in a couple of years. We could sign Cavani, who I never really rated, Kane, who is very meh, and I have no idea who else. We're at the stage where we just need to spend though, without a doubt.
 
Raoul said:
Berba would've been a decent option off the bench. :)
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Why not. Seriously I won't mind him to sign on pay as you play basis like Owen. Provided we get this Martial guy too.
 
Watching PSG vs Monaco to scout Martial now. And kind of thinking how perfect Ibra would be for the way we play.
 
bosnian_red said:
True. But who is there available to sign? He's almost 20 years old and looks a very decent player already, especially physically speaking. He has huge potential, though I guess we could splash on Lacazette as well. We need players without a doubt, and Martial is at the age that if he fulfills his potential, he could be one of the top strikers in the world in a couple of years. We could sign Cavani, who I never really rated, Kane, who is very meh, and I have no idea who else. We're at the stage where we just need to spend though, without a doubt.
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Look at Depay. He's significantly further ahead and seemingly more ready than Martial yet it's a big step up, whilst I trust he'll get better it's clear we need quality right now. The lack of time and space afforded, the pressure on the player and the lack of freedom to express from Van Gaal will make it hard for him to impact us much this season I think.

I love to see us buy talent, but the price is crazy. He'd improve us but more by default than anything else, because we lack options up front. I think it'd be quite a while before we saw any real rewards from the deal.
 
Can't remember seeing him play. However, pretty sure that if he runs too much with the ball and takes too many risks Van Gaal will sideline him. Makes me question what would be the point in paying so much? A lack of good players is not the real issue with us right now.
 
I'd never heard of him until 45 minutes ago, but i've just watched one of his Youtube Skills and Goals compilations, and am now convinced he'll fire us to the title.
 
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Can't remember seeing him play. However, pretty sure that if he runs too much with the ball and takes too many risks Van Gaal will sideline him. Makes me question what would be the point in paying so much? A lack of good players is not the real issue with us right now.
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If you play for Leonardo Jardim, you can play for LVG. Jardim is extremely precise when it comes to tactic and instructions.
 
As I mentioned earlier, he turns out to be the highest rated player on FIFA 15 career after two years. Just saying :drool:
 
Memphis will be out left for a while here.

At the 10/SS spot, Mata and Herrera are solid and soon enough one of Januzaj or Pereira should join (and hopefully surpass them).

But up front we've only got an aging, slowing down Rooney and a completely unproven Wilson.

Out right, Mata is playing okay there and possibly Januzaj ends up there, but someone with pace and skill who can run at players and produce would help us and allow Mata to play a freer role. Maybe we should have signed Pedro. We could always have sold him next summer at a slight loss (evil and mercenary as that may be) and bought Bale, Reus or Griezmann if one became available.

We look nailed on for a top 4 spot this year but unlikely to win the PL or Champions League, so if we think Martial is 1-2 years away from exploding I can live with Rooney up top until then.
 
I'd be happy with this but he's only a teenager. We need someone who will straight away improve us up top and bring us more goals. Although to be fair I can't say I've ever seen Martial play.

Anyway, why Martial? Why didn't we offer €50m for Vietto? There's Lacazette too. Is Martial as good/promising?
 
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