31 Aug 2015 17:40:35
This has all the feeling of a very expensive Obertan, Bellion, Bebe to me. I haven't seen the boy play to be fair (I wonder how much LVG has), but what a gamble when you think what Sanchez went for last season.

Furthermore, almost every description I read makes him sound like a rawer Depay. Our competitors are signing top class "proven" talent and we are gambling on untested, raw potential. Sure it may be amazing potential, but had Januzaj played for Monaco 2 years ago, no doubt we would be bidding £40m for him now!

I've got no problem buying young starlets, but relying on them to change our whole attacking dynamism - reeks of desperation to me. Hopefully this one works out, but ADM was a flop, Depay looks lost, an even less experienced kid coming in for mega money seems desperado. We need top class ready made talent now and if I were this Martial I would be very worried about what LVG might do to my natural talent.

Welcome to Utd Martial, the pressure is on!

1.) 31 Aug 2015
31 Aug 2015 18:02:48
Well he's a striker for start, and if LVG is to be believed we've been scouting him for a year so I'm sure we're pretty clued up. Interest also from Barca and Arsenal so I think it was just a case of who blinks first, don't write him off before you've seen him.

2.) 31 Aug 2015
31 Aug 2015 18:16:50
C'mon beat we paid 1 mill for Obertan and it was a clear punt. This guy is a very talented kid but needs to fill in and time to get used to the PL. at 19 compared to sterling at 19 he is much better version and more polished if people want a comparison. I am just surprised by the cost if true.

3.) 31 Aug 2015
31 Aug 2015 18:25:19
seriously beast comparing martial to obertan and bebe is as bad as it get mate. I have not watched him, nor did i know much about him, but a bit of reading about him on the net shows him to be a highly rated not just now but since he was 14-15,he was recently linked with a move to barca too. He could be a hit or he could be a miss but this is more akin to a young ronaldo or anderson type signing where there is high potential which side it goes future will tell.

Also tell me which of our competitors have bought proven topclass talent this season other than arsenal buying cech and city buying otamendi. sterling is a highly rated kid not a worldclass player, debruyne had 1 good season at wolfsburg before that a failed move to chelsea. benteke, ings, firmino, origi are potentially good players none of them worldclass and milner is decent at best. Baba rahman comes in same could be good class, falcao is never going to reach his earlier heights. While we have bought established talent in schneiderlin, darmian and schweinsteiger they are not worldclass but they are pretty good, i agree with u that we need proven talent, we trying for bale, muller, lewandowski shows we know that but can't seem to get the job done.

And pray tell me what has LVG exactly done to anybody's natural talent at utd that u are that fearful of it.

4.) 31 Aug 2015
31 Aug 2015 18:25:31
Exactly my thoughts. Plays centrally, likes to drift out wide. Virtually every clip I have seen from him is a defender backing off (which won't happen in the PL) and him cutting inside, followed by a weak save.

I am not a scout, maybe there is more to his game. If not, he will be found out.

I am happy we are a club who can sign players for prices like this, but it looks like we never had a strategy going into the window when players like Pedro, De Bruyne and Sterling have gone for similar(ish) money. All of whom are much more proven talents.

I for one am scratching my head, hope I'm wrong.

5.) 31 Aug 2015
31 Aug 2015 18:32:24
But like you said Covey, you've only seen clips and you're not a scout.

6.) 31 Aug 2015
31 Aug 2015 18:48:29
For crying out loud what is going on on here lately ? This bloody kid hasn't even put a kit on yet but it's already a disastrous signing !there are so many on here that change their tune more than my wife changes her handbag if we paid out big bucks it's obviously because the people who are in charge of these things think he is worth it give it chance for God's sake.

7.) 31 Aug 2015
31 Aug 2015 18:49:17
People slating Beast and in the next breath saying they've not seen him. priceless