Martial agent looking for a new club for him

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New haircut = change of attitude this season?

I think we all know a focused martial is fantastic but an unfocused one may as well play a kid
We will find out if this lasts for very long. If he is focused and fit, he can make a contribution, if not then yes, we might be better off playing a youngster.
 

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Tweet tonight saying Inter want Martial on Loan and United will agree but Inter Must agree to buy him at end of season.

I really can't see that happening.
 

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Tweet tonight saying Inter want Martial on Loan and United will agree but Inter Must agree to buy him at end of season.

I really can't see that happening.
(Hopefully) Inter to the rescue again!
 

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Can't see anything happening with Martial until January. While Rashford is out from the surgery, he'll be back in the left wing role.
 

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Can't see anything happening with Martial until January. While Rashford is out from the surgery, he'll be back in the left wing role.
Not as a starter. Greenwood is better right than martial is left, so sancho will start left wing, Greenwood right. Martial on the bench.
 

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Not as a starter. Greenwood is better right than martial is left, so sancho will start left wing, Greenwood right. Martial on the bench.
I'm expecting a real breakout year for Greenwood as our main striker.
 

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So we're going to loan our back up striker to a cash strapped club and rely on injury prone Cavani for the season? How do they get paid to write this stuff? Probably because people clearly lap it up.
 

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So we're going to loan our back up striker to a cash strapped club and rely on injury prone Cavani for the season? How do they get paid to write this stuff? Probably because people clearly lap it up.
Greenwood is a striker really by trade. He'd be our back up number 9 as well as an option for the right surely?
 

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We are pretty much stacked even with Rashford out up front. I would sell him if we get a decent money.

I can't see how he will become a useful player for us at this point.
 

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Greenwood is a striker really by trade. He'd be our back up number 9 as well as an option for the right surely?
I don't think he's proven he's a good option there yet for the first team. Would also then leave us short on the right or left.

It would be madness to weaken our striker options this close to the season and it's clear good strikers are scarce and expensive.
 

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So we're going to loan our back up striker to a cash strapped club and rely on injury prone Cavani for the season? How do they get paid to write this stuff? Probably because people clearly lap it up.
That tweet was hardly credible, but loaning with an obligation to buy is just selling. And probably easier in this climate. I do agree though that this is not the time to sell him when his stock is so low.
 

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We are pretty much stacked even with Rashford out up front. I would sell him if we get a decent money.

I can't see how he will become a useful player for us at this point.
How are we 'stacked' up front with Rashford out?
 

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That tweet was hardly credible, but loaning with an obligation to buy is just selling. And probably easier in this climate. I do agree though that this is not the time to sell him when his stock is so low.
Makes no sense to leave ourselves short this year, unless Ole is getting someone else in for 1 season.
 

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We are pretty much stacked even with Rashford out up front. I would sell him if we get a decent money.

I can't see how he will become a useful player for us at this point.

Not sure I would loan him to a club that hasn't actually paid us for Lukaku yet and who have severe money problems even with their recent sales
 

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He's a top class finisher without the nouse the outwit defenders.

Sure... he can out-pace them or out-dribble them. But he can't win the mental game against them with clever movement. His first instinct is always towards the ball rather than away from his marker. Assuming such a thing as a 'natural position' exists, Martial's is not as a centreforward whose main opponent is the other team's centreback.

If Spurs are buying him to replace Kane, they'll need to radically change their style of play. Same applies if Inter want him to replace Lukaku. The differences are greater than the similarities.

So I don't see either as viable options, tbh. I think a more realistic destination would be somebody looking for a wide forward. Which happens to be Manchester United for at least the next couple of months. I think Martial is probably going to stay until January.
 

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I'm not really a big fan of him, but we'd be daft to ship him out whilst Rashford is out until November. If Rashford is out, then our only CF is Cavani. I assume that would mean we'll be seeing a hell of a lot of Dan James on the left too.
 

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I'm not really a big fan of him, but we'd be daft to ship him out whilst Rashford is out until November. If Rashford is out, then our only CF is Cavani. I assume that would mean we'll be seeing a hell of a lot of Dan James on the left too.

I think the playing Martial as centre forward experiment is over. If he plays for us now I would mostly expect him to play wide.
 

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Stop doing loan deals. These broke Italian clubs always want only loan deals. feck all of them. If we decide to kick someone out the club then fecking sell them and call it a day.
With an obligation to buy is it not effectively selling the player though, just with deferred payments really.
 

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It's the Mirror. Hardly a reliable source.

Plus, I hope he stays. I think he'll pleasantly surprise us this season. At his best, he's pretty good.
 

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I think the playing Martial as centre forward experiment is over. If he plays for us now I would mostly expect him to play wide.
I agree, I'm not keen on him down the middle either, and think his best days for us have come from the left, but he might be needed as a centre forward if/when Cavani is out. I would suspect Cavani isn't going to play every game when the CL group games start.

Unless Ole is going to give Greenwood a chance as a centre forward, which I'd be keen to see.
 

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How are we 'stacked' up front with Rashford out?
By counting the attacking players we have? Left - Sancho, James, Pogba and even Lingard. Right Sancho, Greenwood, James and even Mata. Strike Cavani, Greenwood who needs games to develop. And, we should be able to cope with that group of players until the end of year when Rashford will be back. Next season? Well, we will have a new striker.

Those are senior players. We still have a few youth players who can play in some cup games to let senior players rest.
 

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Lazy link but even if it was true, we should only loan him with a guaranteed sale next season.

Would have to be good money. Inter recieved 97 million for Lukaku i would want at least 60 million for martial.