Having posted on here back in February that we should sign him based on watching one match... I stand by my instincts. Fantastic signing! 
Anthony Martial
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Lyon get 20/25% of the fee I believe
Depay and Martial feels a bit like that time we brought Rooney and Ronaldo in. Let's hope it turns out just as well.
We had problems throughout the side in 04/05, Rooney was pretty much the sole bright spark that season.
Am I allowed to be excited or should I be disappointed?
I agree that is it probably the case, but the media can feck off coming in with this knowing shit now.
Not a single outlet picked up on this. If this guy actually knew we were scouting him he'd have run a story on it at some point (considering the amount of shite that gets printed based on nothing at all).
None of them had a clue.
Yes we did but we had Giggs, Saha (slightly later), RvN all really very close to their prime. Right now we have a misfiring Rooney, Mata on one wing and a new to the league Depay. Plus Ronaldo didn't actually set the stage alight for 3 years. This lad could be the new Ronaldo but it makes no sense to compromise on the present while gambling on the future.
Just be yourself.
Or Nani and Anderson
I know absolutely nothing about this guy. I like these kind of signings, but 36m... (If correct)... Is excessive.
Monaco's asking price looks unbelievable if true. That sort of price and we should be going for Griezmann or Reus. He should be worth maximum 25 million at a stretch.
It does kind of show how desperate we are for a good striker given our poor form up front.
It does kind of show how desperate we are for a good striker given our poor form up front.
Griezmann thread was spawned out of pure desperation as soon as Chelsea swooped in for Pedro. Based on a fecking tweet. That was beyond rawkish, but you Griezmann muppets don't care, so don't even talk about delusional. Greizmann is the more established player at the moment but just because you haven't heard of Martial, doesn't mean the United staff have not, so maybe stop being a muppet for just a minute or two and watch what the club is planning. Have you talked about Griezmann prior to Pedro deal? smh
James Rodriguez went for a similar amount no? Madrid then had to pay double the amount to get him from Monaco. I imagine the same thinking applied here, if he has a good season and then goes to the euros and kills it, we wouldn't be the only ones after him. Off course that is a gamble and half..
You should be excited.
On the one hand this transfer seems crazy. On the other hand how sure must our scouting team be to insist on paying such a fee and taking such a gamble on a 19 year old lad? They must see him as a sure thing to be a world beater. Now that is an exciting thought.
Even i thought of the same and mentioned that we are doing a panic deal. But after reading that other clubs might be in for him next year + LVG was waiting for Monaco to crash out of CL then it does look like we had our tabs on him. Yesterday's performance only hastened the deal as we would have gone for him next year maybe.
Only worry is that someone mentioned that he was asked to leave Lyon academy due to behavioral issues. With LVG being so strict, i hope they do not have any issues between them. Let's hope we sort this out and this kid becomes a great player for United.
Or like Anderson and Nani let's hope it doesn't turn out that way.
I have watched him play in many matches this year. I don't claim to be 100% right and I sincerely hope I'm completely wrong. I think he is a good dribbler, good at linking up with others and has a lot of room for improving his finishing (considering his age, it's perfectly natural). In all the times I have watched him, not once did I think he had the potential to be a top player succeeding at a big club yet.
How in the devil's trousers were we going to get Griezmann or Reus for £36m?
Aye. Van Gaal and his "process" is one of the most ridiculed word here but the same people will bash him as if he'd spend this much money on a whim on a youngster just because we lost a game. It's ridiculous.
Re the price, I never bother too much about it. If we are paying 36mil, its because it couldn't be done for 35 and we rate him enough to pay up. Seeing as we are one of the richest clubs in the world, I don't see why we shouldn't.
36 million? Its a bit much
Fleeced.
Let's hope the lad comes good.
Let's hope the lad comes good.
Well, hopefully you are wrong.
Of course not, but you get what I mean. Anything in that range and they should be top class players, not just talents.
don't give a shit two much we pay, just hope it doesn't add pressure on him and he realises his potential.
No, not really. Those 2 are more expensive.
Am utterly bemused....
An unproven 19 year old that is hardly setting the world alight (hence the 'who is he' 'why have I never heard of him'), no PL experience, does he even start for Monaco regularly? And £36m at that (when he was bought by Monaco for about £3.5 only 24 months ago), what a joke!
An unproven 19 year old that is hardly setting the world alight (hence the 'who is he' 'why have I never heard of him'), no PL experience, does he even start for Monaco regularly? And £36m at that (when he was bought by Monaco for about £3.5 only 24 months ago), what a joke!
We also signed a central midfielder from Bayern Munich that summer, who turned out a good player but a crock.Or Nani and Anderson
I think it was supposed to low wit version of sarcasm.
From the transfer thread
We wanted Nani and then took a gamble on Ando when we heard he was available, on the same day, in the same hotel. These circumstances are a bit different, I'd imagine Martial was on LVG's list just like Memphis, and we finally decided to move for him after Chicharito failed the 'test'.
I have to admit to of never heard of him , don't watch French football.
Went to Blackpool yesterday nothing, came back and we are signing him, must of been in the pipleline for a while, LvG and United kept it quite.
Went to Blackpool yesterday nothing, came back and we are signing him, must of been in the pipleline for a while, LvG and United kept it quite.
All these transfer talks, I don't know who I am these days.
obviously money is not an issue for the us else they would not spend £36 on a 19 year old unproven player, so why the hell not just buy Griezman who is proven and a little bit more mature, and more importantly will help solve our biggest problem in that we need goals. Yes he is more expensive but we've hardly spent anything and the wage bill has been slashed.
I genuinely thought that our transfer strategy was sound when we signed Depay and the like, but it just seems like we're all over the place. Maybe its time to consider a technical director because I just don't rate LVG's ability to target the right players for us.
I genuinely thought that our transfer strategy was sound when we signed Depay and the like, but it just seems like we're all over the place. Maybe its time to consider a technical director because I just don't rate LVG's ability to target the right players for us.
Exciting signing im happy with this love to see young players at the club. Hell certainly get game time as well with the total lack of strikers at the club.
With all due respect, that's a load of poo. No offense intended, but one is a proven international who performed well at Sociedad and emerged as the third highest scorer in La Liga, and would benefit the team immediately at a time when we're crying for goals. The other is a 19 year old who has played 50 games for Monaco, has scored a total of 11 goals in 2 league seasons, and could go either way. All this talk of bundles of unknown potential and whatnot, and the signing could very well backfire spectacularly. You could easily make the arguments being made for Martial for Sanogo to cite one example, another Ligue 1 youngster than showcased some ability, a fair few even stereo-typically compared him to Henry for some reason, and he failed to take off at Arsenal. A fee of €50 million+ is virtually unheard of for a player so raw, that's the territory of time proven world class players, or atleast those exhibiting the ability to approach that status in the near future - the likes of Hazard, Isco, Gotze in recent seasons; or Ronaldo and Robben in the past when adjusting for inflation.
Maybe he's the next Henry?
What am I saying. He IS the next Henry.
What am I saying. He IS the next Henry.
Nonetheless, it doesn't change the fact that 36m for an extremely unproven player is outrageous, with the usual caveat of whether it is correct or not.
Not in the sense of being an utterly insufferable prick, I hope.
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