Trust me, I feel the same way. But yet, here we are, so we have to hope he can bring something to us sooner rather than later.
Anthony Martial, Monaco 14-15. Super young, excellent output. Can play wing or central. He's very good. pic.twitter.com/Nqk23wRt1O— StatsBomb (@StatsBomb) May 28, 2015 Anthony Martial has made only 52 league apperances for Lyon and Monaco - and started just 29 games #SSNHQ pic.twitter.com/MqiMqOlAo7— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) August 31, 2015 9 - Anthony Martial is the top scorer among the under-20 players in the European Top 5 leagues since last season (9). @ManUtd ?— OptaJean (@OptaJean) August 31, 2015 10 - Anthony Martial was the youngest player (19y 142d) to hit 10 Ligue 1 goals since Thierry Henry (19y 69d) (both for Monaco). Prospect.— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) August 31, 2015
The lowdown on Martial. http://www.skysports.com/football/n...al-to-manchester-united-what-you-need-to-know
As he is ours and as he is young (with a lowercase y), happy to give him a chance to see what he can do before passing any judgement. Hope he is a beast and scores lots of goals
Hope you're right. He's intriguing for sure. http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2892...another-planet-deschamps?ICID=TP_HN_HP_RI_0_2
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A more thorough rundown on Martial http://www.espnfc.co.uk/blog/scouts...artial-fulfill-potential-at-manchester-united
If his actual price was 30 million euro plus 20 million wages over 4 years plus his bonuses, this is a good deal.
I'll dump these here so they don't get lost when the transfer thread gets locked up: Some thoughts on Anthony Martial: in terms of characteristics/role he's something between a second striker & a centre forward. (1/7)— Tor-Kristian Karlsen (@karlsentk) August 31, 2015 Outstanding features: smart movement, excellent close control/touch (and overall technical ability), makes everything look simple (2/7)— Tor-Kristian Karlsen (@karlsentk) August 31, 2015 Very strong in 1v1 situations, obviously very quick/change of pace, surprisingly composed in front of goal for such a young player (3/7)— Tor-Kristian Karlsen (@karlsentk) August 31, 2015 As a vague reference he can in some way be reminiscent of a young Thierry Henry (not the spitting image, but there are similarities) (4/7)— Tor-Kristian Karlsen (@karlsentk) August 31, 2015
On the flip side there are issues about consistency, ability to impose himself physically and possibly a certain lack of determination (5/7)— Tor-Kristian Karlsen (@karlsentk) August 31, 2015 As for the price, Monaco clearly believe Martial is to become a world beater in a 1-2 year perspective (many "insiders" seem to agree) (6/7)— Tor-Kristian Karlsen (@karlsentk) August 31, 2015 So it's all about future projections & pricing of potential. Could be worth 10 million in a year, could be worth 80 million... (7/7)— Tor-Kristian Karlsen (@karlsentk) August 31, 2015
Appears the fee is around €50M with extra bonuses for being the top goalscorer in PL, getting Golden Boot, Golden Ball, etc. If he triggers any of these bonuses, he'd be a bargain.