I can't really get excited by this transfer yet. When Nani and Anderson arrived they were the next big things, Anderson was the next Ronaldinho. If this guy becomes as good as Nani I'd say that was a good result, the chances of him being another Ronaldo or Rooney are so slim. Seems a very strange decision to put all our eggs in this basket.
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What's that based on?
If he wins the ballon d'or, in a non world cup/euros year, 58m will be nothing
Still raging inside we spend 36m to 80m bonusses on this guy instead of spending the same amount on lacazette
For the people asking who he is, didn't they watch the Monaco v Arsenal CL last year, he played really well, set up Berbs goal
How many players in history have been as good as Ronaldo? I don't need to explain the chances of someone being as good as him do I? There's loads of promising young players in the world, the odds are stacked against any of them becoming a Ronaldo or Rooney.
We were in less flux than Monaco! Now that is saying something.
For €80m we could have had Lacazette (with money left over) or Griezmann.
Only the golden boy bullshit seems a bit too much. If that is true, hopefully Monaco gets 75m from this deal.
I am not excited until I see him playing for us and how LvG has us playing. If it is still pass, pass and more passing, ball in to Rooney, miss, then it has been a waste. If he now adapts his lineup because he has the pace in the side and it is exciting then it hasn't been a waste.
Monaco putting those add-ons should get people a bit more excited if anything, those are some lofty expectations they have of him.
And if it does rise to 80mil then he'll be well worth it.
I watched it, don't even remember the score.
Well Ronaldo it obviously goes without saying, he's probably never going to reach those heights. But I don't see why he couldn't emulate Rooney, solid dependable high level service for over a decade, scouts must have seen something in him to command this transfer fee.
While it's true Ligue 1 is a worse league, obviously, it's more defensively oriented and most teams are solid at the back. He played many games on the wing too iirc. Think this will be a great signing. It's just too bad we can't really ease him in, but hopefully he's ready.
"raging inside"Why? Pretty much anyone who watches them says Martial has got way more potential and is a lot more talented then Lacazette. Lacazette is just older and more experienced then Martial.
If it's one or the other, I'd take Martial over Lacazette every day of the week. Lacazette wouldn't have been cheap, probably around 40 million, and he's pretty much reached his full potential in my opinion, Martial could end up being much better.
Those "add-ons" are some of the most ambitious I've ever seen. Must be seriously highly rated for them to accept them as in any way likely.
Basically, even if we end up paying the full 80m he won't have been expensive! (weirdly, the only way he looks really bad value is if we pay the lowest fee quoted anywhere in the press)
seems to have a first touch, already an upgrade.
this guy has more potential than Lacazette, apparently. given we're not going to win the league this year anyway, I'm happy with putting some faith in a potential world better rather than someone who seems more just like a standard goal scorer.
Yep. Clearly rated incredibly highly. Also something I think a lot of people are forgetting is Chelsea bid 40m euros for him a month ago basically, and were flat out rejected. So it's not just us spending big money on him with no competition.. Everyone rates him.
Don't get me wrong I am excited by him. But if we are pinning our titles hopes on a 19 year old who hasn't exactly been prolfic then well... yeah.
Just look at Chamack, Giroud, Riveriere etc players that have come from Lique 1 and not exactly set the world alight.
I expect Martial to be a superstar one day, just skeptical he is a) ready now b) we should be putting that pressure on him now
Another attacking signing is essential IMO,
Right, couldn't remember exactly
Haven't even seen the video yet, the performances against Valencia in the champions league a few weeks ago were very good though. But he did have his moments and an assist for berba in that one! Away to Arsenal in the champions league knockout phase at 18/19 years old though, have to keep it in mind.Not his best game I'm sure.
Has somebody seen the add-ons specifics?
Yeh exactly, can't expect too much. Still I'm sure he's displayed far better performances and hopefully those will become more frequent as he matures.
5m euro per Prem golden boot, up to three times, 5m if he wins golden boy, and 10m if he wins the Ballon d'Or.
I'd be very happy if we manage to pay the whole amount then. Can you get me a link where you found it?
Our new nr. 9 it seems. Good luck Anthony!
Based on him winning the balon dor, winning the golden boy award and premier league top scorer.
Did you just make that up? If not, where did you hear that from?
No, it was posted earlier in the thread, or in the transfer tweet thread.
So its 21 million upfront + 4 payments once a year of 3.6 million + add ons
Not that bad really.
Not that bad really.
Must have missed it, just seen the poster above post it now anyway.
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