If he wins the Balon Dor we pay that amount. In this day and age, people are happy with us paying much more than that fee for Gareth Bale and Reus.So if he does become a world beater we will pay £58m to Monaco which is a price of a world class player. Where's the profit in that for United
Manchester United Sign Anthony Martial!
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We could have signed Reus or Greizmann for that money and have a ready made world class player without the risk of flopping.
So if he does become a world beater we will pay £58m to Monaco which is a price of a world class player. Where's the profit in that for United
The profit comes from IF who chose to sell him. If we pay that money, he would have become that world class player. Obviously we wouldn't look to sell him.
Seriously?
So if he does become a world beater we will pay £58m to Monaco which is a price of a world class player. Where's the profit in that for United
Have you seen how the market is? How soon do you expect him to become the top scorer in the PL or even the ballon d'or and can you imagine what the prices would be for a player of that quality then?
They're Balon Dor winners now are they?
That is ridicolous! How can they use data from FM15 that is a year old!?
I like to keep FM updated myself by using the FM editor, and the data from my current game looks nothing like Sky Sports.
That Balon Dor clause is just 7.3m according to that article.
Pretty reasonable for a player wanted by a number of top clubs.
Yeah, I hear that Angel Di Maria bloke is available for a similar fee.
Just to weigh in my thoughts on the player as I've watched him a decent bit this past season..
This opinion bundled about in the media that he destroyed us in the Champions League is lazy journalism and false. It's basically Monaco beat Arsenal therefore Martial must have played very well. In truth, he didn't look too sharp against us and didn't give Hector Bellerin much trouble over both games. He got an assist on Berbatov's goal.. but he found himself in a 2v1 due to our defensive naivety. Those two games were poor games for Martial.
Despite this, I have watched him in the Ligue 1 and he has looked better in those games. He's definitely a good young player and could develop into a world class player. I think, at this moment, it's the wrong signing for United because you needed proven quality who can come in and do the job immediately and I don't think Martial is capable right this second.
I think this signing is also a statement of LVG's faith in Rooney. Martial is a great signing if you're expecting him to compliment a striker who is already banging them in. He's not ready to be that guy himself.. but he can work playing up and down the wing. If Rooney hits the ground running, it'll probably work well enough for United.
This opinion bundled about in the media that he destroyed us in the Champions League is lazy journalism and false. It's basically Monaco beat Arsenal therefore Martial must have played very well. In truth, he didn't look too sharp against us and didn't give Hector Bellerin much trouble over both games. He got an assist on Berbatov's goal.. but he found himself in a 2v1 due to our defensive naivety. Those two games were poor games for Martial.
Despite this, I have watched him in the Ligue 1 and he has looked better in those games. He's definitely a good young player and could develop into a world class player. I think, at this moment, it's the wrong signing for United because you needed proven quality who can come in and do the job immediately and I don't think Martial is capable right this second.
I think this signing is also a statement of LVG's faith in Rooney. Martial is a great signing if you're expecting him to compliment a striker who is already banging them in. He's not ready to be that guy himself.. but he can work playing up and down the wing. If Rooney hits the ground running, it'll probably work well enough for United.
But if he does eventually cost the amount of money that we could have got Reus or Griezmann for then he would have become a much better player than either of them by that point and provided us with 3 amazing seasons and a Balon d'or, so it's a moot point.
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I'm surprised by that, I believe RMC have reported that the potential add-ons are much easier to reach, and were: 10M€ if 25 PL games, 10M€ if 25 games with French selection, 10M€ if he's in the top 20 for Ballon d'Or. French media are widely reporting this and believe 20M of add ons will easily be reached. Curious about the harder add ons being reported by English media.
I doubt that's true, he wouldn't have a hand in negotiating anything concerning the contract between Utd and Monaco.
Nope.
How many Goals had Rooney scored for Everton when we paid 30m for him?
That's another scenario I was hoping for. I don't know how well Martial is going to do coming from the French league to starting up front in the Premiership at 19 years old. Hopefully he will take to it like a duck to water. Rooney is more suited for the 10 than the striker role. He tends to drop back too deep. I'm just curious if people think he will slot right in the first 11 since he is so young. Frankly, I hope he does. We need to start scoring. I am not sure that problem was addressed very well in the window.
15 Premier League goals.
Great pronounciation
Just regarding the price, PSG payed 45 million euros for Lucas Moura 3 years ago, and despite not exactly hitting the heights yet, no one bats an eyelid or mentions it.
I expect him and Juan to build a great understanding. Hopefully they make music together.
M&M - The Martial Mata's LP
M&M - The Martial Mata's LP
We bought Rooney after he shone in Euro 2004. His goalscoring record was nothing special at Everton.RedorDead21 said:
Don't worry, I was just being silly; I know what you were implying. If we end up having to pay him his Ballon D'or bonus then he would be an absolute steal at the price we're paying.
It'll be interesting to see how he does against Portugal on Friday.
He's been a very good player at the start of last season, until he got injured. He's started this season brightly and was quite good in 2013/14 as well. Might go a bit under the radar, but he's been a good investment for them so far. I'd love to have him at United. Just saying.
Oh and really excited about Martial!
Again prefacing with - had no clue who he was till a couple days ago and the clips / articles is all I have to go on. I think LVG will not making him a starter for a while. Sad thing is watching those highlight videos is that one of his strengths seems to be dribbling and going at defenders - often resulting to ball loss and LVG is going to philosophize him to death. I do think with him and Depay, Rooney will thrive. He'll have people playing at pace and Rooney will be pushed by it and be at his best when things are quicker. It would be nice to see LVG play front 3 of Depay, Rooney and Martial (or Young) with Mata in behind them - saw such a huge difference in being able to get delivery fro the right when Young came on the other day - the opposing left back actually was not able to clog up the middle. Mata is another player that can really benefit from Martial, another player that will make runs behind and be available for those intelligent balls he is so capable of. LVG might be even more inclined to now let him play there as he is also a good goal scorer from that #10 position.
Can't wait to see him play and see what all the fuss is about.
Can't wait to see him play and see what all the fuss is about.
He could be better than Greizmann.. thats why we have gambled on him.
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Where did you steal this from?That doesn't make sense at all, why on earth would he do that?
Too good, gtfo
I thought of it yesterday when we signed him. I love puns.
For feck's sake.Didn't Mangala himself cost 40 odd mill GPB?
Isn't the Martial fee (without add-ons at least) less than how much Mangala went to City for?
Mangala is definitely not worth that kind of money. Didn't stop City, though.
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