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Manchester United could reportedly pay Anthony Martial an eight-figure sum to never play for the club again. And that would make Joel Glazer look rather foolish due to the fact the American once considered the 26-year-old to be the team’s very own version of Brazil icon Pele. Things haven’t worked out for Martial, who is currently a shadow of the player the Red Devils thought they were getting.
According to The Sun, bosses at United are completing whether to pay off Martial in order for him to leave.
The France international has failed to live up to expectations in recent years, despite showing some promising signs under both Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Louis van Gaal.
Martial pockets £240,000-a-week and is tied to the club until June 2024.
But United may now pay him off in order to ensure he departs and is able to play elsewhere, having grown tired of his lack of consistency.
Paying his current wages for the next two years would cost them in the region of £25m.
And Martial himself is eager to leave United behind, with Sevilla not ruling out landing him permanently this summer.
Man Utd transfer news: Joel Glazer could be about to look foolish if Anthony Martial is written off (Image: GETTY)
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