Smells like a load of shit to me. He has worn number 11 for France many times, I wouldn't be surprised if he actually wanted/agreed to this.
Martial Number Change Fallout
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Won't somebody please think of the marketing team?!
Probably not, it's a PR disaster if he suddenly stopped following United's account..
I quite literally didn't fight the Nazis just so young ingrates like Martial could throw a wobbly over shirt numbers. He wants locking up - they should get some soldiers in Iraq to ring up his mum and complain.
In a week when we are about to pay a world record £100million to buy back a former young star at the club this seems a little shortsighted.
Im with you.I wish they would scrap all this nonsense. Numbers 1 thru 11 for the team on the day - 12 thru 18 for the bench.
I think I may be a little old fashioned
I agree with my fellow Welshman.
I seriously doubt Martial would be that childish to go into a hissy fit about it.
we really need to get over this "can you imagine Keane or Scholes or Giggs" approach to things, football and times have changed a lot, romanticising how things used to be does nothing to address the reality of "now". Giggs shirt being iconic may not mean as much to Martial as it does to you. "We have lost better and survived" is also another terrible approach, the kid is arguably our best player with potential to get even better, and considering recent years, the club is not really in a position to lose this type of talent all because we have lost better and survived before. United's recent reality is 7th, 4th, 5th. Many shrugged at Pogba leaving and here we find ourselves about to break a few transfer records to bring him back in hopes it will propel us to past heights, and when he left he wasn't as good as martial is now.
Fact of the matter is clubs make money of players' images and the players, rightly so, exploit their branding to make money themselves. Football career is a short one and can end at any moment with a bad tackle, I certainly don't begrudge players trying to get the most out of their brand, and that's without mentioning that no one likes having something that's theirs taken and given to the new shiny toy, especially without being alerted of such thing happening. If true, it's bad form from the club.
This whole ordeal is highly speculative anyway. I don't think anything major will come out of this.
Well, it brings great sorrow to me when I say this. It was a great time while he was here. PSG and Madrid will be following this story rubbing their willies.
The hyperbole in some of the posts is amazing.That's just crazy.
I suspect it's all sensationalism, but it's a foolish player who would base his 'brand' on something as ephemeral as a squad number. It won't be hard to change it, it won't damage his 'brand' in any significant way.
Absolutely crazy.
Im still astounded by your lack of understanding on respect in a workplace. Wether you want to admit it or not, Martial is just as important to Uniteds immediate future as United are important to his career so far.
Sorry but this isn't the dog n' duck. Do people really think that Martial wouldn't be consulted? Image rights is a massive part of transfers and contracts.
Martial wouldnt have registered a trademark unless it's been specified in his image rights that he'd always have the 9 shirt. Utd aren't going to agree to that anymore than breaching that by giving it to another player.
It's just more made up bullshit IMO
Martial wouldnt have registered a trademark unless it's been specified in his image rights that he'd always have the 9 shirt. Utd aren't going to agree to that anymore than breaching that by giving it to another player.
It's just more made up bullshit IMO
On holiday, yeah.No Martial in that. He's off.
In fact Martial can be seen wearing the new shirt (way before it's official presentation) in some FM16 advert or other. Caused a bit of a kerfuffle in certain circles.
Even Ibra is on holiday but he's in it.
Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't the number announcement posted by the club say "preliminary"?
Yes but Ibra also posted on Instagram saying that he chose the #9. So it's pretty official.
Just checked and it says provisional so basically the same meaning. Martial could end up with 7 if Depay is sold. Doubt he was stripped of the number without being asked though.
Seeing that assumes Martial is an immature, spiteful moron. I'm sure he's not. If we have a player with as delicate a mind as you suggest I wouldn't want him in the team.
All the posts about his marketing team being annoyed, and his brand being hurt! It's really ridiculous that any fan would give it a seconds notice. Nobody gives a shit. I remember cantona was 7 and giggs was 11, and Ronaldo has pushed his brand 7 thing up out arses for years, but anyone else? I don't even know what number Messi is. I don't care.
I think it said "provisional"
Said provisional but they're not going to change numbers like Martial again. People who bought the latest shirt would go crazy.
People have already bought the away shirt with MARTIAL 9 though. Club have bollocksed it right up.
That'd be amazing to see, the starting 11 with 1-11...like in the old days. Must be 25-30 years ago?I wish they would scrap all this nonsense. Numbers 1 thru 11 for the team on the day - 12 thru 18 for the bench.
I think I may be a little old fashioned
This is what having players like Zlatan in the group does for you. He wants to rule the roost and always be right and have his own way over everything. Good player, horrid personality.
Emery certainly wouldn't have tolerated him at PSG. As it is their players are lining up to slag off Blanc for being a poor coach and letting Zlatan do whatever he wanted.
Isn't Martial's agent Mendes? Could this be Mendes applying some pressure on Mourinho to buy some of his players, besides the 4 priority signings? Their relationship doesn't see as good as it once was...
Stories like these remind me of SAF saying there is never a dull day at United, there is always something to create a drama out of and make headlines.
Holy feck this is a non-story but it will be discussed to death!
Holy feck this is a non-story but it will be discussed to death!
It would be the first time he asks for a number. If you really want to blame someone look at the marketing department, they probably want to see Martial wear one of the iconic number.
No his agent isn't Mendes.
Zlatan should of been given any old number. He'll be here for one season anyway.
Poor from the club if they didn't inform him and judging by his social media they didn't.
Poor from the club if they didn't inform him and judging by his social media they didn't.
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If this causes any trouble at all with Martial then we shouldn't have even bothered with Ibrahimovic. He needs to realise he doesn't just walk in here and think he's the top dog, but people at the club have obviously bent over for him.
Like i said a while ago, Zlatan is just a cock.
False. Mendes doesn't represent Martial.
cnuty from Zlatan to ask for a team mates number. Poor from Man United to actually do it.
Not true, he jumped on the number 10 at PSG the instant Nene left for Qatar. He was number 18 before that. In fact he was number 10 in Ligue 1 and 18 in the CL that year because numbers can't be changed after a certain date in the CL.
It's true then.
When the number was free, he took it. Like Ronaldo took Raul's number when he left but neither took the number of a teammate.