Agreement with Man United
Sevilla FC officially confirmed the loan of French international Anthony Martial from Manchester United on Wednesday night. The 26-year-old joins the “Nervionseses” with immediate effect until the end of the season. After signing Tecatito Coronas (29) from FC Porto, Martial is the second offensive force in the current transfer window that the Spanish first division club has brought into its ranks.
Martial’s contract in Manchester runs until 2024. Since moving from AS Monaco to the “Red Devils” in 2015 (transfer fee at the time: 60 million euros), the right-footed player for the Premier League club has made 129 goals in 269 competitive games . In the current season, however, he no longer played a role in Ralf Rangnick’s plans and only played a total of eight league games. Martial had already formulated his change request to the club at the end of last year.
According to data from “The Athletic“ From Tuesday, the Spanish first division club initially only wanted to take over half of Martial’s salary at Manchester – the professional in England collects 240,000 pounds (equivalent to around 286,000 euros) a week. The “Red Devils” refused, after a second round of negotiations, agreement was reached that no rental fee should flow, while instead Martial’s salary would be paid in full.
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With a market value of 32 million euros, Martial is one of the top 5 most valuable players in the squad for the Andalusians. He is also the second most valuable new signing in the league after Ferran Torres (21), who switched from Man City to FC Barcelona with a market value of 45 million for a fee of 55 million euros.
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