Mbappe .
Linked with him just before his breakout season.
I think the papers had Monaco quote him at around 60 million.
Martial exit?
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Linked with him just before his breakout season.
I think the papers had Monaco quote him at around 60 million.
Can't wait til he's gone. He's the poster boy of this rotten decade of utd for me.. and i believe he and his like with toxic vibes need to be removed from the club to get it going up again. Unfortunately we've moved toxic personalities on before,pogs and Jesse. But then we find more like sancho. Some of the most unprofessional athletes out there. Then put them all together. Disaster
Well I hope we see him on the pitch for us again this season, at least in final weeks when games won't matter anyway. Injuries ruined him but his first 5 years at the club were either promising, decent of really good like 19/20 season.
You can't be serious.,
As my five year old is wont to say: no one cares.
I do. Sad that our fans write this kind of stuff.
He was an exciting young attacker but recency bias has really soured what was a decent United career. Came in under LVG and gave us a great season and, in honesty, he was good until 19/20 since he joined us (even factoring in Mou not rating him and him not really playing much). With that season being his peak as a CF (23 goals, 11 assists in 48 games is class) and scoring for fun + being a good hold up player.
Post that season with Ole he's been poor, injured a lot and our fans have turned on him but he tried to and wanted to leave. Indeed we have actively tried to sell him but we can't sell anything.
Really? I forgot he was even still with us until I saw this thread bumped. If that’s the case then we’re definitely not seeing him in a United shirt again… not even some end of season run out. Deservedly so too.
He had injuries but he didn’t have the personality for it (seems too pampered, entitled and not up for the fight). It can’t be a coincidence that every time we seemingly bought a new forward over the years, his form dropped like a stone.
9 years at the club this summer. Mental.
FFS just short of a testimonial. Get him a contract extension pronto
But what about the balon d'Or clause? 
Should have gone fecking years ago.
His final match should have been about 3 years ago.
I've said it numerous times, that game against Sheffield Utd where Utd were losing and he was just stood still while players ran around him should have been the last time he ever put on the jersey.
Well we wanted both, I rember Reading in multiple sources that we did want Mbabe. We were told PSG had already secured the transfer.
They wanted stupid money for a kid who’d never kicked a football in the seniors. He was well known amongst scouts around Europe, but I don’t think the club were wrong to balk at the silly prices Monaco were looking for at the time. Hindsight obviously makes us look a little silly.
has turkish league written all over him
Is this news? I thought this was already decided?!
£1 million a month off the wage bill, basically been a nothing player for 2-3 years and a complete waste of money which is a shame to an extent based on how good he was in that debut season but lack of effort and lack of desire on top of bad management and being made of glass has brought it to this point.
Yeah this is more of a confirmation of what we already knew.
Sad to say, but we've made much worse signings than Martial post Fergie.
Pity his next club though.
Pity his next club though.
Class player. Fergie would have gotten the best out of him.
Played his best years with selfish english brats like Rashy and Greenwood. Overplayed and poorly managed.
Made the scapegoat every time but each time he was vindicated. Cavani was poor. Ronaldo couldn’t do shit. Hoijland is awful now.
Obviously it wasn’t Martial or the other strikers/CFs who were the problem - if only dumb fans could see how disjointed we are.
Martial was never the player to shine in a team of individuals. Heck, he never even took shots on goal - his game is all about link up. I hope he finds a good team and finishes his career on a high in the CL
Played his best years with selfish english brats like Rashy and Greenwood. Overplayed and poorly managed.
Made the scapegoat every time but each time he was vindicated. Cavani was poor. Ronaldo couldn’t do shit. Hoijland is awful now.
Obviously it wasn’t Martial or the other strikers/CFs who were the problem - if only dumb fans could see how disjointed we are.
Martial was never the player to shine in a team of individuals. Heck, he never even took shots on goal - his game is all about link up. I hope he finds a good team and finishes his career on a high in the CL
Sad end to his United career. He might just have been the most naturally gifted player in technical terms I’ve seen come through in the post SAF era. But he’s just never had the mentality or fitness levels of a great player.
We should have gone for Isak as a replacement who reminds me a lot of Martial.
We should have gone for Isak as a replacement who reminds me a lot of Martial.
Anthony Martial will be remembered as a wasted talent who sulked whenever things didn’t go perfectly for him.
Another example of our profligacy in handing out contract extensions like candy. We have allowed this guy to spend 9 seasons at the club...Nine seasons! The last contract extension on top wages for the Glazer's Pele was ridiculous. He should have been shown the door 3-4 seasons ago.
It’s time I said it one last time. I fecking love Martial. He had it all. From a technical standpoint he was a match winner with almost world class potential. He was a cold finisher. I don’t know much about his personal life but he feels to me like Sancho or Rashford. Potentially unplayable and even generational but something just isn’t there. They were all on the same level as Saka at one point (and Rashford with mbappe lol) The money they got is too crazy but from now on hopefully certain players who have been overpaid will be more nervous about their performances and professionalism. At one point Martial was carrying us in the way Rashford was last year. They were similar level talents. Sancho Greenwood Antony and Pogba too. We can’t catch a break. I’m convinced if we’d signed Haaland, Camavinga, Nuno Gomes Bellingham and Caciedo we’d probably somehow still be totally crap.
It’s going to be fun hopefully watching us do the right things for the first time in a long time
It’s going to be fun hopefully watching us do the right things for the first time in a long time
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A lot of half truths are being said here. A young Martial would probably do better with prime SAF because prime SAF would not allow players like Martial to lazy around. If he did, then he would be on the way out. United's over sentimentality is what is ruining this club. There's always seem to be an excuse whether its injury/illness, mental problems, off the pitch issues, players who have issues at home, players who have issues with the manager, the training regime. Well guess what? Those same players expect United to still pay them silly salaries despite them not delivering the goods.
Its time United start acting like a top club. Yes we pay huge salaries, yes players should expect the best facilities, the best football people etc (something United must provide) but the club should also expect the best players and professionalism at all times. Players on 200k-300k a week should be delivering the goods at every single game. That mean run like crazy, having regular 7/10 performances and act professional at all times. Ask yourself whether the likes of Martial, Rashford, Sancho and co would survive at Real with that attitude or how their fans and board would act at Casemiro jogging at the Bernabeu as he's doing at OT. I'll tell you, they would rip them into shreds.
Its time United start acting like a top club. Yes we pay huge salaries, yes players should expect the best facilities, the best football people etc (something United must provide) but the club should also expect the best players and professionalism at all times. Players on 200k-300k a week should be delivering the goods at every single game. That mean run like crazy, having regular 7/10 performances and act professional at all times. Ask yourself whether the likes of Martial, Rashford, Sancho and co would survive at Real with that attitude or how their fans and board would act at Casemiro jogging at the Bernabeu as he's doing at OT. I'll tell you, they would rip them into shreds.
Well Mourinho called him out but Martial FC was too strong at that time. Even Woodward was a part of it.
fans have limited knowledge on what's going behind the scenes, they are passionate and they are naturally biased. That's why I try not to go hard on fellow posters even when they go hard on me. I am not immune to bias myself. I was livid when Ince left the club only to learn, years later, what a difficult person he is to work with.
The club is different though. The club appoint people who have a full picture of what's going on + they are paid handsomely to take the tough decisions. The club must always come first, no matter what. That's something United hasn't been following for at least 15 years
Completely forgot he was still our player, all that money wasted on wages since he last played in December. But then you think that we have an £80m winger out on loan and a £30m CM out on loan every season who no one wants, hopefully this a summer we act like a proper football club for once.
One last dance. FA cup final winning goal - we will be there
Our post Fergie testimonial/almost testimonial squad makes quite a reading. The "preserving the value" Era ushered in by Woodie and co was truly something.
De Gea (12 seasons, at least 5 seasons post his sell by date. Last contract on ridiculous wages that most 20 goals/season strikers weren't getting back then)
Eric Bailly (7 seasons, 6 of them were garbage. Mind still boggles why he was given the last contract extension)
Phil Jones (12 season, 8 were garbage/on the IR. Even a more ridiculous last contract extension than one given to Bailly)
Lindelof (7 seasons, all range from bad to mediocre)
Marcus Rojo (7 seasons. Maybe 10 games in those 7 seasons were good. Iirc, the last couple of seasons we paid him to play for other clubs).
Shaw (10 seasons, may be 3 good seasons in those 10. Shawberto, apparently. Should have been sold with one year left on his deal, instead he got a bumper extension)
The McTominator (7 seasons. Jose's parting gift to us. Watch him get another extension)
Jesse Lingard (7 senior seasons. West Ham were stupid enough to want to pay for him with a year left, but we said no, we want some more. Then he left on a free).
Martial (9 seasons. Another one who should have been let go or sold with one year left but instead we gave him a bumper new contract; after that he played like 10 games for the club and was bothered in 2)
Zlatan got a contract extension at the tender age of 92 after he tore his ACL. Rashford got a Mbappe contract. Bruno was given a contract extension when there was no need to give him one and we could have easily waited till a new manager was in place. Mata's numerous contract extensions.Rooney and Nani contract extensions post Sir Alex. One season we paid Nani to play for Sporting. Pogba was kind and saved us by not signing a contract extension. I am sure there are a few others that I am missing.The list is endless.
De Gea (12 seasons, at least 5 seasons post his sell by date. Last contract on ridiculous wages that most 20 goals/season strikers weren't getting back then)
Eric Bailly (7 seasons, 6 of them were garbage. Mind still boggles why he was given the last contract extension)
Phil Jones (12 season, 8 were garbage/on the IR. Even a more ridiculous last contract extension than one given to Bailly)
Lindelof (7 seasons, all range from bad to mediocre)
Marcus Rojo (7 seasons. Maybe 10 games in those 7 seasons were good. Iirc, the last couple of seasons we paid him to play for other clubs).
Shaw (10 seasons, may be 3 good seasons in those 10. Shawberto, apparently. Should have been sold with one year left on his deal, instead he got a bumper extension)
The McTominator (7 seasons. Jose's parting gift to us. Watch him get another extension)
Jesse Lingard (7 senior seasons. West Ham were stupid enough to want to pay for him with a year left, but we said no, we want some more. Then he left on a free).
Martial (9 seasons. Another one who should have been let go or sold with one year left but instead we gave him a bumper new contract; after that he played like 10 games for the club and was bothered in 2)
Zlatan got a contract extension at the tender age of 92 after he tore his ACL. Rashford got a Mbappe contract. Bruno was given a contract extension when there was no need to give him one and we could have easily waited till a new manager was in place. Mata's numerous contract extensions.Rooney and Nani contract extensions post Sir Alex. One season we paid Nani to play for Sporting. Pogba was kind and saved us by not signing a contract extension. I am sure there are a few others that I am missing.The list is endless.
I genuinely thought he was going to be the new Henry. Seemed to have it all.
He's been a complete waste of a squad place for the last 3 seasons. Even if we swapped him for a championship level striker it'd be an improvement. It feels like the guy only plays 3 times a season
He's been a complete waste of a squad place for the last 3 seasons. Even if we swapped him for a championship level striker it'd be an improvement. It feels like the guy only plays 3 times a season
The fact that Rojo was at the club until 2021 is truly mind boggling.
It feels like he only played in the LVG season and then was never seen again. I genuinely can't remember him after that.
Shaw's been very good nearly every season.
Has he bollocks. For a start he’s been here 10 seasons and only twice managed to play over 30 PL games.
Season 1. Very underwhelming
Season 2. Absolutely World Class for 2 months, then the nightmare happened in September. Write-off season.
Seasons 3-5: Injury come back and out of favour with Mourinho.
Season 8: only managed 20 PL games
Season 10: write-off
I personally think he’s had 3 great seasons in 10, and 2 decent enough.
He cannot help being injured, when playing he's been one of the best LBs consistently aside from probably 1 season.
Martial’s had a lot of injuries also.
Seasons 1-5 were pretty much write-offs due to injury and poor form. This season is another write-off.
Doesn’t matter how you paint it, if he’s been a top left back for us in 3 seasons of 10, you can’t then make your claim that he’s “been very good nearly every season”.
Difference between Shaw and Martial is that Shaw has been generally decent when he’s played, despite missing a lot of time to injury. Martial misses a lot of games and then comes back in to the side and is invisible.
Lads, every player in the world would probably have been better under SAF. This isn’t groundbreaking news. Martial had a tonne of talent and I thought Mourinho was harsh on him at the time, but he was clearly right. It almost pains me to agree with him, but he spotted some of the wrongs with the club right away.
The injuries finished any serious chance he had of being a top player. Whether that was bad luck or lack of care on his part, I guess we’ll never know. Either way, he’s been blagging a massive wage for four years now and sympathy for him is close to zero. 90 goals in 9 years is shameful stuff for someone who played as a central striker for half of them.
The injuries finished any serious chance he had of being a top player. Whether that was bad luck or lack of care on his part, I guess we’ll never know. Either way, he’s been blagging a massive wage for four years now and sympathy for him is close to zero. 90 goals in 9 years is shameful stuff for someone who played as a central striker for half of them.