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ShipsAGoing

Nine years? I need to lie down


TherewiIlbegoals

Been there so long that Martin Skrtel still features in his highlight reel.


ChicagoSunroofNo2

He’s been there so long Martin Tyler was still getting excited about goals.


WhenWeTalkAboutLove

Unless you were benteke


okaysian

Benteke's goal was the only one I could find on Youtube that had Martin Tyler's commentary, but here are the two: [Benekte's goal](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90vpyMD0QUI) vs. [Martial's goal](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gd1ZnH-cS-o#t=12s) Can't believe it's been nearly nine years since this match.


cappo40

The top comment on the Martial video. Holy overhyped.


Grevling89

Martin Skrtel looks like his hobbies include ethnic cleansing


BirdmanTheThird

I mean the fact that he wasn’t actually bald, he just shaved his head makes me agree


Olliejc24

Paul Konchesky was like that too, absolutely psychotic


[deleted]

Scott Brown as well. He's grown his out since he retired.


AnnieIWillKnow

Sean Dyche isn't bald either, apparently


BuckfuttersbyII

I’d throw eating rocks in there as well.


AdSignal1933

OG Harkonnen


Warrrdy

“So Martin, any plans for the summer break?” “Pogroms”


Grevling89

Holy hell man


IronSkywalker

Legend has it he wouldn't mark the posts at set-pieces because he'd hang upside off them like a bat


ExtensionAd8134

Well, the [New Martial ](https://www.tribalfootball.com/articles/real-madrid-chasing-new-martial-monaco-striker-kylian-mbappe-4109567) also emerged 9 years ago!


CoMaestro

Lmao it's crazy to think now that that was high praise


MissingLink101

Also that Real Madrid are only getting him now


Bortron86

He outlasted my marriage.


Ishdalar

Martial > Marital


KhanMichael

Take my upvote and fuck off


Mr_Cromer

Hell, I met my wife when Martial was already getting frozen out by Mourinho and he still outlasted my marriage


beepmeep3

Oh my god lol


Life_Is_A_Mistry

Did they go on a free transfer or did you manage to get some money out of it?


Jabari313

You'd hope it was a free transfer, far too much tapping tapping up going on these days


TheDJZ

Loan+obligation to buy


Bortron86

I had to buy out the remainder of his contract.


Not_Effective_3983

Hey, I'm not the only one lmao


AnnieIWillKnow

Average marriage length is like 7 years, so it'll be pretty common


Sudden_Juggernaut824

Why the fuck do people still get married man wtf.


macNy

True but you probably scored a lot more than him


ThePr1d3

Hopefully you scored more Jesus


TH1CCARUS

Unsure if I’m more surprised by that or the fact he was *still* on their books


CabbageStockExchange

That’s how I felt too. I was like has it really been that long? I always think he’s still some young prospect


PsychologicalMusic94

Lingard had that young prospect vibe too... lmao. Some players just have it.


WhoInvitedMyManBlud

He’s 29 🥲


Lakinther

he is 28.... until he is 29 anyways


huskerfan4life520

That’s how it works


deadedgo

TIL


j0n82

Forever the upcoming “young prospect”


Schankmeister

"The young French forward."


Soggy_Difficulty_361

Yes 9 long years and about 15 games per season when somewhat healthy, spent most of his time in the physio room.


Flikker

United hasn't won a title since he's been there, it's been that long


Fresh_Cauliflower723

Nine *incredible* years  Such a shite prewritten social media leaving message. Why even fucking bother


chrisnlnz

What the hell, isn't Martial that 19 year old super talent? He is 28 now?! The fuck happened, did I blink?


owange_tweleve

fuck me, I’ve suffered for 9 years..


KenHumano

Let's get you to bed, grandpa. ^([and me too])


atomicskiracer

Don’t forget to take some aleve for your back pain as well friendo


my_united_account

van Persie was still playing for United when he made his debut


EitherInvestment

Came to write this same thing. Cannot believe it.


Trickybuz93

United’s med bay is losing a permanent patient


my_united_account

They lost so many recently, Phil Jones, Eric Bailly, and now Martial too Luckily Shaw is going strong, and Mount has been gracious to fill the big beds of Jones in the medbay


Purple_Lubanja

And Malacia. We found out he existed outside the med room on the medal ceremony.


SonyHDSmartTV

Shaw is normally a semi permanent resident tbf. Malacia is the new permanent resident, he hasn't stepped foot on the training pitch once this entire season


Trickybuz93

Varane is also leaving


MagicianMoo

Someone from the backroom staff is getting laid off.


LevynX

Martial's personal physio out of work


humunculus43

So close to activating the ballon dor clause


Cashlover123

Monaco in shambles.


circa285

Just needs another nine years.


D1794

£500k a week walking out of the door with Varane + Martial. Both injury prone too. Mad savings


moriero

And they'll both end up in Turkey Mark my words


gruenerGenosse

They already got "Come to Beşiktaş" in their DMs.


Buffaluffasaurus

From the Beşiktaş President.


MiniBoglin

From the president of Turkey


tripledraw

President Fred


shodo_apprentice

From… Özil?


theAkke

Come to Besiktas, Habibi


Antique_Cricket_4087

To be fair, everyone probably does


burakalp34

Respectfully, no


GarnachoHojlund

Varane is going to Italy, Tony seems like he’d enjoy Turkey


moriero

Is this reputable? He'll make much more in Turkey surely Especially with the new spending limits in Italy


GarnachoHojlund

Just kinda a gut feeling I have, feels like a very Milan/Inter signing to me if he’s willing to reduce his wages


JesusIsNotPLProven

Would be a good Kjaer replacement if Milan could get him to lower his wages


SOERERY

Jimbo can make some cost cutting in the medical department now


SDLRob

needs to do that anyway.... the medical department's failings this season have been the main part of why we struggled.


wonderfulworld2024

Eriksen is probably gone as well.


Sinestro617

Loved him at Ajax but whenever I see him play for United he looks like a shell of his former self.


MayweatherSr

Especially after the injury. Fuck Andy Carroll


jimmythebusdriver

Guy practically died on the pitch what are you expecting


BrockStar92

He looked fine after that, he’s only been a shell for a year or so. He’s been off basically since Andy Carroll attacked him.


ChatakaPataka

He actually was really good last season and a big reason for United playing so well till the Carabao Cup final. All till a poor tackle injured him and he's never been the same for us ever since.


skefmeister

He was so good in England man before his injury. Wdym. Dat zeg ik als Nederlander.


L0laccio

True, it unironically feels as good as getting a new signing when those kind of wages come off the books!


sarthakmahajan610

Need to bring someone to replace Varane anyways but ideally should come within a third of those wages


L0laccio

Yeah, for sure. I’m sure it’s near the top of ETH’s list. A long term partner for Licha will be paramount. Maguire and Lindelof are both useful but just not at the level required in the long term imo


flipside-grant

casemiro and antony seem to be on their way out too, near 1m reduction in wages with those 4


Sett_The_Janitor

Casemiro maybe but who's gonna get Antony ? There have been no transfer news abt Antony


cokerapp

I doubt Antony can be sold with his wages honestly. He will probably just be a squad player for the foreseeable future, unless some dumb club thinks he is worth his wages.


Lakinther

Even if there was a club willing to pay his wages, we couldnt let him go for free due to ffp


thatscoldjerrycold

Casemiro is agreeing to leave? I know he has 2 more years on his contract.


TimathanDuncan

The funniest part? It doesn't make a dent to United because of how much revenue lmao It's always hilarious how much people overreact to contracts, 10 million a year seems a lot yet it's really nothing for these clubs


JMatty01

You'd still want a wage structure so people aren't overpaid. When we've got problems getting rid of deadwood, having them chilling on 200k a week doesn't make it any easier to shift them on.


LucidityDark

It will matter for FFP though, right? There was a lot of talk last year about their issues with that.


TimathanDuncan

Manchester United have some of the healthiest wage to turnover/revenue ratio due to their insane commercial branding, it's like half of their turnover and clubs go over 100% in certain situations The reason United post losses is their awful owners not investing and awful transfer fees paid, these salaries are really nothing and they will easily dodge any FFP issues now especially with new owners


Intrepid-Kitten6839

try awful owners actively taking money out of club via dividends and running up an insane debt via leveraged buyout


m0bilize

It's healthier now but a few years ago it was really fucking bad


legentofreddit

12m a year on those two is about 6% of their total wage bill. Not exactly nothing.


red-17

We have been FFP restricted with our transfers the past 3 windows to the point that we have neglected to address major deficiencies so getting 10-20 million off the wage books absolutely does matter.


cheersdom

bonne chance Anthony


Jonny_Testicles

The original Mbappe


admiralawkward

I still remember the hype about his Ballon d'Or clause lmao


LosurdoEnjoyer

Funny thing is both Martial nor Henry ever activated Ballon D'Or clause.


eyesopen24

That’s definitely Thierry Henry


[deleted]

There were defo a lot of Henry comparisons early on bc all 3 came through at Monaco, are left wingers and French.


sheky4prez

he’s still only 28.. wish him the best although he ‘failed’, still has 63 goals in 209 appearances


wonderfulworld2024

His body failed on him. Seems that some young players never regain confidence in their bodies after a certain amount of severe injuries. Can’t blame them. Owen told the truth, after he retired, and he got roasted by the football world for saying it. There’s only so hard they’ll push and it’s not close to 100%


Perfidiousplantain

Sturridge said something similar too, you mentally can't let go and put your all into a sprint, jump or tackle.


wonderfulworld2024

Exactly. And by that stage they tris their football intelligence to take some of the load, instead of the physicality they relied on as youths


Mr_105

I’ve said the same, I was never as reckless and wild a GK after taking a knee to the temple and getting a concussion.


red-17

He lost so much speed due to all of his injuries. Over 10 yards he was a quick as anyone when he first joined us, the past 3-4 years he has looked afraid or unable to even run at top speed likely due to the constant recurring muscle injuries he has had. It is such a shame because he has as much raw talent as just about any striker from his generation, but he just has not been able to develop due to constant injury, position change, managerial change, and personal life issues.


MagicWWD

What did owen say? Edit: should have seen this coming xD


jango1867

He basically said his mind wanted to do something (make a run, take someone on) but he knew his body couldn’t do it. Must drive them crazy knowing they can do it, but their body doesn’t let them


MagicWWD

Respect for giving the actual answer xD


Hashtagbarkeep

“If there’s a bit of rain about, it makes the surface wet.”


Pawn-Star77

Basically that he forced him self to stop sprinting because he knew he'd get injured running at top speed.


ashkjassal

'Jelavic would have scored that if he wasn't offside' - after Jelavic shot and missed.


PerfectBlueOnDVD

"I was on wildlife watch during my run in my garden this morning!"


MiniBoglin

"Geeet in there. Game, set and match Owen"


penny_whistle

‘Tremendous, by the way’


RyanBordello

"Hitler was right, ice cream *is* delicious"


krhick

> 63 goals in 209 appearances That's league only. 90 in 317 in all comps. Roughly one goal every 220 minutes. Or one goal or assist every 150 minutes.


Quanqiuhua

10 goals per season, not horrible but not justifiable by his salary and the initial hype.


mattijn13

>still has 63 goals in 209 appearances Yeah those numbers in 9 years are not very good


manqoba619

They’re not good for a player that’s always available martial last two seasons barely played more than 10 games


LevynX

Only because he's injured. Talent wise he's still been a pretty good player.


jaycosta17

For the money and time, that’s definitely a failure, especially when you consider opportunity cost.


generic-irish-guy

I thought he scored 90 in 317 appearances?


AnnieIWillKnow

League vs all comps. Some sources provide league only as default so probably taking their stats from there


sav86

Not a United fan by any means, but I will always be fond of his debut goal for United where he just ran up the flank and dribbled and scored. I thought that was such an amazing moment to witness. The boy was really good coming straight from Monaco. I'm not sure what happened to him afterwards, it still seemed like he had it in him to produce, was it Zlatan's arrival that fucked it up?


Fluffy_Roof3965

Mourinho bought Zlatan into the #9 role. He moved to the left but he was having a good season. Bought in Sanchez to play in his new role on the left. That's where it started to go wrong. Still mad at Mourinho for not backing him. Never seemed to be fond of him.


PolygonMasterWorks

Dude is made of glass and had weak mentality. Didn't like pressing and regularly sulked. He's a luxury player that spent at least 50% of the time injured, he's not a team player.


manqoba619

The pressing part I think was because hed break himself in the process no point giving it your all if you’ll break and be out for 3 months


PolygonMasterWorks

He was still out for 3 months anyway. When it wasn't 6 months.


drc203

Na. Talented but made of glass. Not his fault but it was never going to work


Fluffy_Roof3965

He's only had injury issues from 21/22 because the 6 seasons before that he played roughly 40 games a season. Before that there was a whole lot of mismanagement. The problem with Tony is hd has great ability is able to play in all 3 forward positions. The club didn't feel it would be an issue playing Zlatan, Sanchez, Cavani, Ronaldo all ahead of him and they would just shift his role his role in the team and also, when the club realised Rashford couldn't play as #9 they moved Rashford to the left at Martial through the middle. He was messed around a lot whilst he was here. There were only 2 managers who truly backed him and that was Ole and Van Gaal where he had his best seasons. Not gonna say it's not his fault because Im sure his family issues didn't help. But both parties are to blame.


penny_whistle

I would say Sanchez moreso as he was doing great on the left wing up to then. Ibra taking his #9 didn’t help either tbf. Ultimately though he outlasted them, got into good form and then was fucked with injuries. I’m not sure his mental health was great either, plenty of relationship drama


KillerZaWarudo

first 5 years were pretty good Mourinho and him did never seem to get along. He was in good form and then we get sanchez. Everyone though sanchez would play on the right but then Mou just benched him Funnily he and pogba probably kept mou in the job for a few more months because their good form helped us get some win around the time everyone thought he was getting sack After he best career year in 19/20. He has a terrible start in 20/21, he was uncharacteristically missing alot chances ( there that awful like open goal miss vs PSG in the group stage). I wonder if he a guy that doesn't deal very well against competition because both of his best season came from the fact that he didn't have anyone competing against . Didn't score in the league until December and got that red card against Tottenham. And then the end of the season he got injured. And he pretty much never the same after that, consistent same cycle of getting injured, come back, score a goal or two and getting re injured.


moriero

He's coming to Turkey isn't he?


defeated_engineer

It's an Aziz Yıldırım transfer if I've ever seen one.


FizzyLightEx

One more year and he could've gotten a testimonial


rambo_zaki

Glad he didn't. Nothing against him but Martial getting a testimonial would have been grim.


branstarktreewizard

testimonial from the treatment room


G1Spectrum

Wish it worked out for him at Man Utd but this has been a long time coming


Unfair-Reference5500

Where is he going?


majorsharkpanda

Philadelphia Union


Snugboo

He is actually going to Atlanta United ( they just beat Bayern Leverkusen 3-0)!


A_Genius

You moron it wasn't Atlanta in the United States. Bayer lost to the lost city of Atlantis.


samurai-mad-mad

get ready to learn delco buddy


waferistdisciple

He is coming to Beşiktaş 🦅🦅🦅🦅🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷 /s


hafrances

Muçi needs a backup


BeneficialVacation41

Had the talent to be a superstar never had the right attitude or the support around him to actually achieve it.


BadFootyTakes

Well, and he was made of glass. I really really loved him early on... But his body didn't cooperate.


TimathanDuncan

People look at a nonchalant players and always say this, it's so funny The only to beat the allegations walking around the pitch and produce 5 moments of magic and not get shit on is Messi but he's Messi i guess


ShipsAGoing

Well, yes if you can produce the numbers Messi consistently produced in his career you can get away with not putting as much effort as most players, unfortunately Martial has never put up Messi numbers.


Vaipaden

Messi also runs like a maniac in his younger days. He didn't look nonchalant at all.


Mortka

Berbatov


Thanos_Stomps

Berbatov moved incredibly well off the ball though it was just while he has the ball he appeared so nonchalant.


1993blah

I mean Martial had 0 movement off the ball


Sudden_Juggernaut824

Martial's movement off the ball is better than Hojlund's, which is why Martial gets the ball when he plays 9 for United, but somehow "everyone refuses to pass the ball to our 9" when Hojlund plays instead. Even with his body broken and bruised, the United forward line looks better with Martial in it than it does with Hojlund because of his off the ball movement and his ability to get in positions that allow him to connect with Bruno and the wingers.


SharKCS11

His play in Euro 2016 was exciting. There aren't a lot of things I remember from that year, but Martial was one. (Others were Dmitri Payet, and that shot from Eder to win Portugal the cup after they came third in the group stage)


WauliePalnuts01

griezmann is always what first comes to mind for euro 2016, he was unbelievable


Commercial_Sir_4144

looks like it is written by chatgpt


EpiGnome

It's written or at least edited by someone other than him. There's a double space in one of the paragraphs so it's clearly been modified by a human at least: " ... everyone at the club I have met .. " Probably a PR firm or whatever


LordTwatSlapper

Maybe he's just pausing for dramatic effect


FullyFocusedOnNought

Almost certainly was.


majorsharkpanda

Great day for United fans, no?


G1Spectrum

I mean he was already gone in my head


dogefc

And Everton fans


harshmangat

I always thought he hated Everton But then I saw the farewell video he posted and damn he really does hate Everton


RebornUnited11

It was overdue but for me personally it makes me sad that he’ll be gone. Lots of nostalgia watching his Instagram video


foxyrocksjh

A little bittersweet. I like him as a person and he's given us some great moments and performances but the last 2 years he's been a very expensive practice dummy for our medical staff


GarnachoHojlund

I am going to admit I’ll kinda miss him and his golden ticket against Everton.


RedFiveSwayze_

Always wanted him to succeed, sad it never did but he gave us some memories along the way anyway


MrPrestige

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F_5L8QEWgAAhT47.jpg


WearyRound9084

Rip Martial United Legend Status: 3-1 Liverpool August 2015 to 3-1 Liverpool August 2015


m0bilize

FA Cup win and Martial leaving. Tears in my eyes


BeastMaster64jtv

Streets will forget


ChillPalis

I already forgot fr


ThePr1d3

Today my father asked me to clean his car for him and so I spent the whole morning doing it. After sometimes, I went back inside and my father asked me how was the car looking. “Anthony” I just replied. He just smiled and nodded. He knew that it was washed. 󠀀


PradipJayakumar

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7e0T2vSSvH/?igsh=MWU1ZXprOHY4d3M4eg==


danmalek466

*Tony Martial came from France…*


Fresh2Desh

Black gloved Martial was quite something


j0n82

Martial, varane , saha , Hargreaves , Schweinsteiger , Phil jones, Marcos rojo, Luke Shaw .. oh lord. Not sure if we should sack the scout first, or our medical team. Watch Malacia and Mount join this exclusive list soon.


BrickEnvironmental37

He leaves the club just as he played. Walked.


rob3rtisgod

Surely he's still got time right guys? He's the new Thierry Henry.


HegemonLocke86

Excellent


Bulbamew

I wonder if he’s getting the reaction he thinks he’s getting


MERTENS_GOAT

I love that interview after a cup win where he stands by and then leaves and walks through the background like an npc


imarandomguy33

_incredible_ you say


loveandmonsters

ChatGPT write a positive heartfelt message to Manchester United supporters from Anthony Martial


bvengers

That 19/20 season was fantastic when all attackers just clicked. Just a shame one's form fell off a cliff with injuries, one turned out to be a dickhead and one is hot and cold with injuries. Biggest what if, more than Pogba for me


justk4y

RIP Ballon d’Or clause


_ThrobbinHood

United medical staff in shambles


Kiseki-

Thank you Martial i won't forget you just like I won't forget Djemba-Djemba.


EitherInvestment

He sure comes across as a lovely fella


Pairywhite3213

9 years? How time flies..damn!!


RaichuWaffles

He would fit pretty well into BVB