Manchester United striker Anthony Martial has left the squad and is on loan to Sevilla, ideally after he has beaten the four sides in La Liga and proven himself before returning to Old Trafford. But even so, many Red Devil fans believe that they should not continue to keep him. Because it's not that Martial can't perform well, but that he can't be consistently stable and lacks the character to keep trying. His performance at Manchester United fluctuated, and the only benefit was that he saved Manchester United a lot of floating transfer fees.
In 2015, Van Gaal's Manchester United signed the 19-year-old Martial from Monaco in France with a down payment of £36 million, and Monaco implanted a series of floating transfer fee clauses for him.
Vasiliev, then vice president of the club, revealed: "Martial's transfer fee can total £57.6 million, which includes floating bonuses, but we all think it is a very real term."
That said, Martial's floating transfer fee totalled £21.6 million, which United had to pay under 3 different terms under the contract. Vasiliev declared that the "very realistic" clause did exist, and that was the first floating transfer fee.
According to the agreement between the two parties, if Martial scored 25 league goals for Manchester United between 2015 and 2019 during the first contract period, Monaco would receive a prize of £7.2 million. In other words, in 4 seasons, polo kings only need to score an average of 7 goals per year, and Manchester United will have to pay the 7.2 million pounds.
In his debut at Manchester United, Anthony Martial scored Liverpool's goal in the Premier League and scored 10 league goals in his first season. In October 2018, in Manchester United's 3-2 win over Newcastle United, the Polo King scored an equaliser, activating the terms, And United gave Monaco an additional £7.2 million.
However, the other two terms, Martial, have not been met, and because the statute of limitations has passed, Monaco will never be able to receive these two transfer bonuses from Manchester United. Among them, an additional transfer fee clause is that Martial has played 25 times for the French team, according to the agreement, not every time the French demon king plays for the country, only if he plays more than 45 minutes, it is counted as one.
So far, Martial has played for France a total of 30 times, scoring 2 goals. But before the end of the 2019 deadline, Martial only made 18 appearances for France, so Monaco missed the £7.2 million.
As for the last clause, it is rather illusory, stipulating that If Martial can win the European Ballon d'Or in 2019 or be on the shortlist for the final three, Manchester United will also pay Monaco £7.2 million. Although Martial won the European "Golden Boy Award" by The Turin Sport, he was never shortlisted for the Golden Globes.
As a result, the 26-year-old Martial saved Manchester United £14.4 million in floating transfer fees with his unstable play. His stats were suspended at Manchester United with 79 goals in 269 games. Of course, Monaco are still making money in an ocean transfer for Martial.
Monaco spent only €5 million (less than £4.2 million) to sign 17-year-old Martial from Lyon, and when it sold to Manchester United, it received a total of £43.2 million, ten times the purchase price. In contrast, United want to purge Martial without losing money, and it seems almost impossible.
"Tony Martial is from France, the British media mocked him for not having a chance, £50 million was wasted, Andrney Martial scored again!" Manchester United fans had sung this euphoric song of Martial in the game, and Martial did show his talent, unfortunately, in the end, the British media seemed to laugh to the end.