Utd in talks to extend Martial’s contract

We didn’t do it with Magic, Mata, Pogba etc.

We literally did with all 3 of those players.

comment by Lucious Lyon (U11781)
posted 30 minutes ago
We didn’t do it with Magic, Mata, Pogba etc.

We literally did with all 3 of those players.
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Ffs, even I remember the Mata one and I'm not a United fan.

Regardless of which, even if you hadn't, with some fans it seems it's just a "damned if we do, damned if we don't" situation. They'll moan if the contract gets run down and they'll moan if the automatic extension is triggered in the hope of giving yourselves some kind of leverage in a potential negotiation, which you'd think is clearly what it's about in the above cases.

If the club doesn't act now, all of those players will be free to agree terms with a new club next month. Even though it seems unlikely any of the above players will have their current deals matched, there are clubs who might get close, and even clawing back £20M-30M on Martial -who might find takers for that kind of price- and say £10M-odd on the others is better than nothing.

This is mental?! So the club honestly think a club are going to pay money for Martial? Keeping him on another year will cost us roughly £12m in wages, how much do the club think we’re going to sell him for?

I have no issue extending the other 3 as we could either get a fee worth more than the contract we’ll pay them or they’re still relatively young. But this article was specifically about Martial and extending his contract is idiotic.

comment by it'sonlyagame (U6426)
posted 27 minutes ago
comment by Lucious Lyon (U11781)
posted 30 minutes ago
We didn’t do it with Magic, Mata, Pogba etc.

We literally did with all 3 of those players.
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Ffs, even I remember the Mata one and I'm not a United fan.

Regardless of which, even if you hadn't, with some fans it seems it's just a "damned if we do, damned if we don't" situation. They'll moan if the contract gets run down and they'll moan if the automatic extension is triggered in the hope of giving yourselves some kind of leverage in a potential negotiation, which you'd think is clearly what it's about in the above cases.

If the club doesn't act now, all of those players will be free to agree terms with a new club next month. Even though it seems unlikely any of the above players will have their current deals matched, there are clubs who might get close, and even clawing back £20M-30M on Martial -who might find takers for that kind of price- and say £10M-odd on the others is better than nothing.

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There is zero chance any club is buying Martial. He's on 250k per week, no one bar the dumbest Saudi club is paying a fee and matching those sort of wages.

If United extend his contract he either miraculously stops being awful and you don't regret it, or far more likely he wastes another 13m in annual wages and then leaves on a free after further stinking up the place.

Would be crazy to extend.

If true, then good.

There's no reason not to keep him.

Reluctant to keep pointing out the obvious, but if a club need's to move players in and out, then the out direction needs to be prioritised on the basis of relative crapness.

Martial is, for instance, a far superior footballer (as a winger) than rashford, and is no worse as a centre forward.

Martial just shouldn't be used in that latter position. That he has been asked to, so often, has been down to a (long-term) problem of the club's inability, or reluctance, to invest in a proper EPL striker/centre forward.

Upgrade inwards by all means, but when choosing who to let go of, or keep, then relative unsuitability is the prime priority.

Well, who else is going to score against Everton? Can't expect a Garnacho worldie every time.

I get why we are renewing Hannibal, Lindelof & AWB. They are either decent squad players or players that someone would buy for a reasonable price imo.

Martial has been here 10 odd years, hasn’t performed for the majority of that, is paid extortionate wages meaning no one is buying him as well as being injury prone.

Foolish to renew his deal.

Martial starts today, Hoijlund dropped.

Martial staying would be quite incredible - the dude has failed to deliver for the best part of a decade!