[Kostur]

Spoiler

Apparently that's how the bonuses work in his case, 25 goals for us is first 10M Euro, 25 times picked for the NT is another 10 and shortlist(?) for top 10 Ballon d'Or would add another 10.

Seems that Enquetes de Foot (some French canal+ sport programme) dedicated one of their episodes or a good chunk of it to Martial and all the things regarding his transfer/move to Manchester. Apparently it was Chelsea who offered more money for him but he wanted to join us and that was the factor that decided whole thing. Usually French canal+ sport was spot on with their information regarding transfers from Ligue 1/of the French national team players iirc.

Maybe @Rooney in Paris, @JPRouve or @kouroux know a thing or two more or can translate some of the things because my French is pretty rusty and there's some information more regarding Anthony on https://twitter.com/enquetes2foot 's timeline.

 

[kouroux]

Spoiler

Apparently that's how the bonuses work in his case, 25 goals for us is first 10M Euro, 25 times picked for the NT is another 10 and shortlist(?) for top 10 Ballon d'Or would add another 10.

Seems that Enquetes de Foot (some French canal+ sport programme) dedicated one of their episodes or a good chunk of it to Martial and all the things regarding his transfer/move to Manchester. Apparently it was Chelsea who offered more money for him but he wanted to join us and that was the factor that decided whole thing. Usually French canal+ sport was spot on with their information regarding transfers from Ligue 1/of the French national team players iirc.

Maybe @Rooney in Paris, @JPRouve or @kouroux know a thing or two more or can translate some of the things because my French is pretty rusty and there's some information more regarding Anthony on https://twitter.com/enquetes2foot 's timeline.

This is some information I didn't know of and tbh you translated it perfectly.

 

[JPRouve]

@Kostur I haven't watched the show but from the twitter timeline, you said everything.

 

[Rooney in Paris]

I'll have to try to catch a replay of the show, could be interesting.

 

[clarkydaz]

chew on that Jose!

 

[MDFC Manager]

Spoiler

Apparently that's how the bonuses work in his case, 25 goals for us is first 10M Euro, 25 times picked for the NT is another 10 and shortlist(?) for top 10 Ballon d'Or would add another 10.

Seems that Enquetes de Foot (some French canal+ sport programme) dedicated one of their episodes or a good chunk of it to Martial and all the things regarding his transfer/move to Manchester. Apparently it was Chelsea who offered more money for him but he wanted to join us and that was the factor that decided whole thing. Usually French canal+ sport was spot on with their information regarding transfers from Ligue 1/of the French national team players iirc.

Maybe @Rooney in Paris, @JPRouve or @kouroux know a thing or two more or can translate some of the things because my French is pretty rusty and there's some information more regarding Anthony on https://twitter.com/enquetes2foot 's timeline.

Yup, thought so.

 

[Dante]

Ha!

So that's the final proof that Pedro was the panic buy and Martial was actually everybody's first choice. A lot of egg on faces in the media (and on the caf) right now.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Ha!

So that's the final proof that Pedro was the panic buy and Martial was actually everybody's first choice. A lot of egg on faces in the media (and on the caf) right now.

You know that's only just occurred to me. Great stuff

 

[Cnaiür urs Skiötha]

He's such a great player, he makes Giroud score. Sign him up!

Giroud nearly missed this brilliant assist.

Fantastic stuff by Martial.

 

[Paul the Wolf]

It's still early days but haven't been excited about a young prospect since Ronaldo.
He said in an interview after the France match that he prefers to play the main striker

 

[jem]

It's still early days but haven't been excited about a young prospect since Ronaldo.
He said in an interview after the France match that he prefers to play the main striker

What about Rooney?

 

[K2K]

What about Rooney?

Martial has started games as striker even with Rooney in the side. LVG realized that Rooney as striker wasnt working. He's our number 1 striker at the club now.

 

[CG1010]

Ha!

So that's the final proof that Pedro was the panic buy and Martial was actually everybody's first choice. A lot of egg on faces in the media (and on the caf) right now.

Didn't think of that! So we actually won the transfer market trophy this season.

 

[relx]

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[ants7]

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could do worse on your first month in a new league.

fantastic player to have. congrats to him and us.

 

[HabeasC]

Definitely deserved.

 

[Pexbo]

Ha!

So that's the final proof that Pedro was the panic buy and Martial was actually everybody's first choice. A lot of egg on faces in the media (and on the caf) right now.

And we never actually bid for Pedro. We were in Barcelona to bid for Neymar.

Pedro talk came from Pedro agent

 

[Paul the Wolf]

What about Rooney?

Rooney & Ronaldo were around the same time as youngsters and Ronaldo had this extra star quality but Rooney not far behind

 

[Adisa]

Incredible. Hope it inspires Rooney and Memphis to step up.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

The photo is great. Cool as a cucumber. It's becoming a cliche but really, nothing fazes him.

 

[Mr Pigeon]

 

[Turnip]

Starting to think he's a machine.

 

[Ish]

Brilliant

Well deserved award Martial! Keep'em coming and we don't even have to pay any extras to Monaco for that award!

 

[Irrational.]

Arsenal fans are having a meltdown on Twitter/ Facebook as they firmly believe Sanchez should've won it.

 

[Sigma]

Was just coming here to post that he always has the same face, he's like the footballing version of Kimi Raikkonen.

 

[MDFC Manager]

Arsenal fans are having a meltdown on Twitter/ Facebook as they firmly believe Sanchez should've won it.

September player of the month, for one good performance...in October? Arsenal fans really are a special bunch

 

[RedRevongge]

He is absolutely smashing all my expectations of him when we signed him

 

[jem]

Martial has started games as striker even with Rooney in the side. LVG realized that Rooney as striker wasnt working. He's our number 1 striker at the club now.

That has nothing to do with what I was talking about.

 

[Varun]

Should be leading the line.

 

[Amadaeus]

Looks average so far out wide for United. Van Gaal playing him in a restricted wide role is counter-productive for our team. If we did not have Herrera and Mata doing so well in that free role, I doubt our result will correlate with our performance.

 

[Kostur]

Our best player last month and he gets shunted on a wing in order to accommodate Rooney. It's fecking pathetic how he's keeping the club by the balls and LVG deserves shit for not benching him.

 

[justboy68]

Could be a bit tired, he's played a lot for a teenager recently. He can be much better than this out wide like he was for France in the internationals. Just a bit off the pace in that half.

 

[iBoss]

Our best player last month and he gets shunted on a wing in order to accommodate Rooney. It's fecking pathetic how he's keeping the club by the balls and LVG deserves shit for not benching him.

Tbf we don't have many wide options.

 

[jem]

Rooney & Ronaldo were around the same time as youngsters and Ronaldo had this extra star quality but Rooney not far behind

But revisionist I think. At the time, Rooney appeared the far more exciting prospect (in my opinion, of course.) Things obviously turned out very differently, but Rooney circa 2004-6, was about as exciting as they come.

 

[soap]

Should have scored really, looked like a bit of a scuff. Wasn't expecting Rooney to pass maybe?

 

[Kostur]

Tbf we don't have many wide options.

Throw that useless sack of shit there then, Martial was excellent as the #9 so there's absolutely no point to break that.

 

[Amadaeus]

Tbf we don't have many wide options.

Rather we drop Rooney and put Perriera out wide. Dare, I say I would not mind seeing Valencia either. Young when fit is also a much better option.

 

[acnumber9]

I can see logic in the move if it was done because of Coleman's pace. It's working at the moment anyway.

 

[DWelbz19]

Put him back upfront please. Need a player who can actually run at their CB's and utilise the space created.

 

[Devil may care]

He's been solid on the ball but seems to be hampered by instructions to stay very wide.