- Dec 25, 2017
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The question is how badly does Martial want a transfer and how firmly does he stick to his demand to stay in the Premier League. I don't think Pool, Southampton and Leicester got much out of forcing Coutinho, Van Dijk and Mahrez to stay another six months or another year, respectively and the distractions each caused probably didn't help.Yep. My worry is if Woodward is street smart enough to know United fans will be seriously annoyed if they let him leave to another PL club. It may come down to Mourinho and Woodward butting heads and Woodward being prepared to put it on the line and give in to his manager because let's face it, Woodward will be the one left to take the flak as Mourinho will be long gone should Martial turn into the player everyone thinks he could.
Admittedly those are all completely different circumstances but if Martial publicly asks to leave and is denied, it certainly causes a headache and damages Yanited's brand and recruitment efforts, another problem child in a locker room full of outcasts like Bailly and Shaw (and now Herrera, I guess...) who seemingly can't ever do enough to convince. Martial hasn't really seemed to put the pressure on, though, beyond his agent testing all sorts of waters (at least from information that is public).