Martial leaves the crazy clauses of his signing in Manchester

With 19 years, Anthony Martial he was an under-21 international and had just finished a campaign in which he scored eight goals in Ligue 1. He caught the attention of the Man Utd Y became the most expensive teenager in world football. Wanted by Arsenal, he landed in Manchester, becoming the third largest payout in the history of the red devils behind Ángel Di Maria and Juan Mata. Monaco, who had paid Olympique de Lyon just over five million euros for the attacker, pocketed almost 43. So high was the esteem for the young promise that the Monegasque club included three clauses that would increase the total price of the transfer in case to be fulfilled

In 2015, when the operation was completed, the Monaco Vice President Vadim Vasilyev, commented: “Martial’s price is almost 69 million euros, but you have to take into account that this sum includes bonuses, which are very realistic.” Only one was completed. When the striker exceeded 25 goals with his new club, Manchester United had to pay eight and a half million more. It happened in October 2018, when Martial scored his first goal of that season against Newcastle United. The new reinforcement of Sevilla He continued to see the door, and will arrive at Sánchez Pizjuán after scoring 79 times for the Mancunians.

However, it did not end up living up to expectations. One of them was to have more than 25 caps for France’s senior team before 2019. He came close, playing 18 times for Didier Deschamps’ team. Although his regularity was progressively decreasing and he is called to the calls intermittently. He currently has 30 caps.

There was another clause with which Anthony Martial did not comply. The most optimistic of all. If the Frenchman won the Ballon d’Or before 2019, Manchester United had to pay eight and a half million euros more to Monaco. Of course it never happened. They saved just over 17 million euros at Old Trafford, although they might have preferred to pay the amount.