Martial agent looking for a new club for him

Mickeza said:
Someone is definitely leaving and I’m not convinced it’s Pogba. Are we giving up on Pogba in the pivot - moving him to the left and using the Martial+Lingard money to rebuild CM…Cavani/Greenwood up top with Rashford as cover there if needed.
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Pogba cant play in a pivot role as he's just too poor defensively. I'd sell both Pogba and Martial if i had the chance.
 
Unless we are signing another striker, we should not be selling Martial. Can't go into the season with just Cavani and Greenwood as our choice of strikers.
It's going to be a long season with a few injuries with players not having had a proper rest. Squad depth will be very very important this year.
 
No rush = we're still open for business! We need to get him out of the club.

Even his most ardent supporters would agree he is a confidence player and not suited to a squad role.

As limited as James is I'd keep him as a squad player for the left sided of attack. He works hard and is a known quantity if you have to throw him into a game as a sub. He will at least run at the defence and create space

Martial can be a total non event at times. Just running into blind alleys and moaning at his team-mates. I think he needs to be moved out and I'd even say at any cost.
 
We're not shipping him out this summer, there's no point.

An injury to Cavani and we're seriously light up front if we sell Martial without replacing him. Replacing him also makes zero sense this summer, as we'll be trying our best to secure Haaland next summer. It's a pointless risk when we have no idea if we'll see first half of the season Greenwood or last 8 matches Greenwood.
 
kingwaynerooney said:
Trade him for dembele. Straight up.
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Christ, I'm not sure who's worst, an injury prone player with the mentality of a biscuit dipped in tea, or a player who I'd argue has regressed in the 6/7 years he's been at the club, and probably also has the mentality of a moist biscuit.
 
Eugenius said:
We're not relying on him, that's precisely why we brought Cavani in. Sancho in, Martial out does nothing to improve the depth of our forward line. Which if you remember Bruno and Rashford were run into the ground last season, and there was no one Ole could bring off the bench last season against Villareal when we needed a goal (unless you want Dan James to get the minutes Martial was getting last season).

If we get a top #9 then yeah he is expendable, but getting rid of him for the sake of it is just pointless and just caf knee jerkism. It's the same thing with Lingard where a bad season = see, I told you he was always rubbish (insert comment about mentality).
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There is no way Martial will work a sub. He’ll be sulking and radiating disappointment all over the place.
 
We have a pretty fluid forward line.

ST- Cavani, Greenwood, Rashford
LW - Rashford, Sancho, Pogba (?)
RW - Sancho, Greenwood, James

I don’t think we’re as bereft of striking options as some want to make out here. And certainly we can bring in someone like an Ings to not stink up the place with sulk
 
The other day I was listing all the talent we have up front now we signed Sancho and completely forgot about Martial. He would still be a class squad player to have. One bad season doesn’t change that.
 
kingwaynerooney said:
Trade him for dembele. Straight up.
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Supposedly, there is a video of him making racist comments. I don't speak French, so I can't verify if the translations are what were actually said by Dembele.

If it's accurate, I don't want anyone like him near United.
 
littleman said:
We have a pretty fluid forward line.

ST- Cavani, Greenwood, Rashford
LW - Rashford, Sancho, Pogba (?)
RW - Sancho, Greenwood, James

I don’t think we’re as bereft of striking options as some want to make out here. And certainly we can bring in someone like an Ings to not stink up the place with sulk
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Since when has he stunk up the place with sulking?
 
NotQuiteManc said:
Supposedly, there is a video of him making racist comments. I don't speak French, so I can't verify if the translations are what were actually said by Dembele.

If it's accurate, I don't want anyone like him near United.
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He's out injured for 3 months anyhow so United wasn't going to sign him anyhow.
 
He is a useful player if he stays - he is a useful player if he goes (transfer fee + wages etc).
 
TheLoveless said:
There is no way Martial will work a sub. He’ll be sulking and radiating disappointment all over the place.
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At various times he was a sub under Mourinho. First for Rashford, second for Sanchez. He ended up playing his way ahead of both into the team. That doesn't sound like a sulker to me.
 
Eugenius said:
At various times he was a sub under Mourinho. First for Rashford, second for Sanchez. He ended up playing his way ahead of both into the team. That doesn't sound like a sulker to me.
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Sulks don't make sounds, you just look at them and see their long, sulking faces.
 
choccy77 said:
He's out injured for 3 months anyhow so United wasn't going to sign him anyhow.
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Yeah, I know. Too many negatives for a supposedly (still) "wonderkid" potential. I think he doesn't have the attitude to take it to the next level beyond the wonderkid hype/level really. Still young enough to change, but at the moment it would be a huge waste to spend money on him.
 
crossy1686 said:
Why would we let two strikers go in the same window? It doesn't make sense. We should just sell this summer if they're convinced he hasn't got what it takes
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1: I said earliest
2: Why would it be a problem to let two strikers go in one window, Cavani is close to retirement (unless he suddenly decides he wants to carry on for one more season).

We've added Sancho, which will hopefully do wonders to our attacking play, the fecker might rediscover the form that was vital to us finishing 4th in the 19/20 season and be an important player next season. There's also the factor that Rashford clearly needs surgery and will be out for some time, so it's not like we're stacked up front at the start of the season.

So unless we have a clear cut first choice lined up for us this summer, there's little reason to boot him out just for the sake of booting him out. It's fairly obvious that Ole wants to go all out for Haaland next summer.
 
Doesnt matter if we're open to business. There's no one interested in him anyway. Mid table clubs would rather pay way less (money+wages) for other strikers that arent as good as Martial but more predictable while bigger clubs with money would rather play with what they have and wait for Haaland, if they need a goalscorer now they might as well sign Lukaku or Kane. He will still be here next season.
 
I really think there will be buyers for Martial. But we can keep him for another season.

The priority for this season is Pogba. If we don’t sell, we face significant financial loss.
 
Eugenius said:
At various times he was a sub under Mourinho. First for Rashford, second for Sanchez. He ended up playing his way ahead of both into the team. That doesn't sound like a sulker to me.
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Beating Sanchez was not very difficult now was it?
 
He is still our second best no9. And we know very well that Cavani can't play every game, especially when they are in 3-4 days space.
So we need him. Selling would be huge mistake
 
No way martial is sold this summer. He has a long contract with us and may very well be our starting striker during the season. Cavani will remain a bench option and greenwood would need to be bedded into the role for the first team.

I'm very much looking forward to watching an attacking quad of Sancho, rashford, bruno and martial. They have crazy technical ability and could really light up the league
 
Andycoleno9 said:
He is still our second best no9. And we know very well that Cavani can't play every game, especially when they are in 3-4 days space.
So we need him. Selling would be huge mistake
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That's true but surely the point of selling him would be that you replace him with someone better?
 
zenith said:
No way martial is sold this summer. He has a long contract with us and may very well be our starting striker during the season. Cavani will remain a bench option and greenwood would need to be bedded into the role for the first team.

I'm very much looking forward to watching an attacking quad of Sancho, rashford, bruno and martial. They have crazy technical ability and could really light up the league
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Cavani at 40 will still be a better striker than Martial.
 
One issue I have with Martial and his suppprters, like, “he is one the most gifted”, “he can be a great striker” .. well, whats his record, its been 5 years.
also ,usually when supporters are divided about his position + ability after 5 years, the guy is not up to it.
cut your losses and move on.
if he can come good at another club, good for him.
 
TheLoveless said:
Beating Sanchez was not very difficult now was it?
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Not particularly no. But if you remember, the only reason Jose didn't get sacked earlier was because of Martial's form in the first part of Jose's third season. Which doesn't particularly suit the narrative of a player who packs it and sulks, despite Jose regularly benching him & publicly berating him on many occasions.
 
Transfer Window Podcast is highly unreliable. Any other sources mentioned in this thread or all been Martial discussion?
 
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