Anthony Martial

[SpartanSpur]

Sure, you can take our their highest transfer (a whopping £80M - double our record).

Then to even things out and put that into perspective, take out our record signing in Davidson.

Juventus are still left with 5 transfers which exceed what’s leftover as our highest transfer.

They are hardly the fugal club you originally made them out to be is all I’m getting at. They do great business, but they are by no means cheap.

They ARE frugal compared to the Manc clubs, Madrid, Barca, Chelsea, etc... their annual wage bill is around £150m, 5 teams in the PL alone are well over £200m.

There are a lot of reasons why we could now start throwing record fees around (CL football again, constantly increasing commercial income, additional Wembley matchday income, new stadium, and ITK) and hardly any reasons to anticipate Juve spending over £50m on a player when they've already spent a large chunk on Costa, and currently have no major outgoings in the pipeline.

As I said they could get in the players head and make them force a move at that magic 40m Euro price, so are still a big threat (especially with Utd keen to sell abroad) but it's clear they have stricter limits to their spending unlike the other big powers in Europe.

If we are supposedly now able to operate on similar financial terms to Arsenal and Liverpool going forward, we can certainly edge out Juventus financially, but of course things aren't always so simple.

Edit: I gave you a clear reason to discount Higuain, the sale of Pogba for £89m a few days earlier! Did you think it was a coincidence that we spent over £100m in the same window we sold Bale? Of course it was related. If Dybala went for £100m then I could see them paying well over the top for Martial, but that doesn't seem to be on the cards.

 

[danny32]

Martial's contract runs out Jun 2019, do Utd have an option to extend it? if not cant see them letting it run down. With Toby's running out 2020 this must put us in a good bargaining position should Utd relent and let him join a PL club.

 

[tiger666]

Martial's contract runs out Jun 2019, do Utd have an option to extend it? if not cant see them letting it run down.

Yes apparently so.

 

[sausage]

Random update by hertyid just now on Martial

Ask and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.

Fuck knows what that means

 

[synththfc]

Random update by hertyid just now on Martial



Fuck knows what that means

And just like that my pants are wet, weird

 

[tiger666]

Random update by hertyid just now on Martial



Fuck knows what that means

Post it in the ITK thread maybe. It's a bible reference.

 

[sausage]

Post it in the ITK thread maybe. It's a bible reference.

I'm not brave enough, based on A&Cs latest warnings

 

[tiger666]

http://biblehub.com/matthew/7-7.htm

 

[SpartanSpur]

Random update by hertyid just now on Martial



Fuck knows what that means

There has been some chatter tonight that Martial has been told he can leave, maybe it is related.

 

[sausage]

Random update by hertyid just now on Martial



Fuck knows what that means

@Archibald&Crooks - is this safe?

 

[robertgoulet]

Random update by hertyid just now on Martial



Fuck knows what that means

My guess: Man U have decided they will deal with us if we come with a legitimate, non-lowball offer.

 

[sausage]

My guess: Man U have decided they will deal with us, if we come with a legitimate, non-lowball offer.

Maybe, or they've already had enough of Moaniho sulking about Alderweireld!

 

[mark87]

My guess: Man U have decided they will deal with us, if we come with a legitimate, non-lowball offer.

Ah

 

[tiger666]

My guess: Man U have decided they will deal with us, if we come with a legitimate, non-lowball offer.

Oh well.

 

[robertgoulet]

Maybe, or they've already had enough of Moaniho sulking about Alderweireld!

It is an interesting one. I've been oddly confident about Man U eventually coming around and selling to us. Still am.

 

[sausage]

It is an interesting one. I've been oddly confident about Man U eventually coming around and selling to us. Still am.

I am still expecting for them to maybe loan him to Juve for a season, with the expectation that Mourinho will leave soon enough. Never lasted more than 3 season anywhere, has he?

 

[SpartanSpur]

Hertyid has always seemed to be one of the more vocal ITKs on Martial too. My guess is there's been a bit of a breakthrough, but doubt it's full steam ahead yet.

 

[highpressmess]

http://biblehub.com/matthew/7-7.htm

7:7 could mean 7th July?

 

[Charlie.W]

Matthew 7:7

Interpretation often referred to as an answer to a prayer, implies that the asking, seeking, and knocking are all described as continuous actions, and in a religious sense that prayer to be effective should also be a continual habit, rather than an occasional plea.

Assuming that there has been a breakthrough in negotiations - or as mentioned above, 7:7 could be July 7th if there is any significance with that particular date.

 

[Spurs 1961]

Hertyid has always seemed to be one of the more vocal ITKs on Martial too. My guess is there's been a bit of a breakthrough, but doubt it's full steam ahead yet.

Probably just means that they have decided to cut their losses and let him go to whoever as long as they get the right price. And that puts us at least in with a shout