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The January transfer is halfway through and Manchester United are desperately trying to advance players and hopefully manage to bring in a striker.
The club agreed to loan Donny van de Beek and Jadon Sancho and, although it managed to cut the wage bill a little, is still paying a large portion of both of their salaries.
Once again, the Red Devils have found it difficult to get rid of first-team players who have huge salaries and it has been a case of trying to adapt by letting academy talent leave.
As in the summer, Hannibal Mejbri and Álvaro Fernández are close to sealing exits, while the 20-time English league champions have found it difficult to sell Anthony Martial.
Martial’s exit options
The Frenchman is unlikely to see his current contract, which expires in 2024, extended, but Erik ten Hag, in a bid to avoid a free exit, said the club is still talking to the player and plans to activate an extension for a anus. option in treating him.
Despite being given plenty of opportunities by United’s current manager, the Frenchman has struggled to shine due to a mix of sluggish displays on the pitch and constant injury concerns.
Despite the player’s team announcing he had no plans to leave in January, multiple reports have speculated that the French international could end up leaving in the winter transfer window.
🚨 Philippe Lamboley, the representative of Anthony Martial, who held transfer negotiations in Istanbul and Adana but could not obtain any results, returned to his country. https://t.co/GJm9TgwUvt
– Yağız Sabuncuoğlu (@yagosabuncuoglu) January 13, 2024
The likes of Fenerbahce, Inter Milan and Olympique Marseille have been mentioned as possible suitors along with teams from Saudi Arabia.
The Peoples Person had reported that United’s number 9’s agent was in Turkey speaking to potential clubs about a potential deal.
No agreement with Turkish clubs
Now Turkish journalist Yağız Sabuncuoğlu has revealed that Philippe Lamboley, Martial’s agent, returns from Southeast Europe without having reached any agreement.
“Anthony Martial’s representative, Philippe Lamboley, who had negotiated his transfer in Istanbul and Adana but could not obtain results, returned to his country,” the journalist wrote on X (formerly Twitter).
Along with Fenerbahce, and judging from the previous post, Adana Demirspor could be another team trying to reach an agreement.
This could mean Martial ends up staying at Old Trafford on a free transfer, with the player guaranteed to earn a hefty signing-on fee as a free agent.
For a player whose career had so much promise when he first joined over eight years ago and with so many fans behind him, this makes for a pretty tame way out.
