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Anthony Martial to Manchester United (£36m)
Anthony Martial became the most expensive teenager in football after Manchester United forked out an astonishing £36m to sign the young striker from AS Monaco on deadline day. There has been a lot of talk about how much the deal actually cost but some papers have reported that the £36m could potentially rise to £58m with added bonuses.
United were desperate to sign a back up for Wayne Rooney after the departure of Van Persie, Falcao and Chicharito from Old Trafford but after Numerous failed attempts to sign a striker in the last 3 months, Van Gaal decided to put his faith in the highly talented French striker from AS Monaco to solve the goal scoring problems at United.
It’s a huge gamble that Van Gaal has taken and if Martial doesn’t succeed, then this deal will be worse than the Falcao disaster of last season.