Anthony Martial’s last minutes for Manchester United for a while were jumped in against West Ham on Saturday.
It says transfer guru Fabrizio Romano late Monday night.
ESPN journalist Rodrige Faez and Julien Maynard in Telefoot report the same thing.
United will in fact agree with Sevilla on a loan, and when Romano first says “done deal” and “here we go” then there is no reason to doubt.
The Spanish club have long been unwilling to cover Martial’s full salary of around £ 250,000 a week until June, but according to Romano, they have now accepted it.
The BBC’s credible United journalist Simon Stone writes the same thing.
Romano writes that Sevilla will pay about six million for the loan (loan amount and salary).
Telefoots Maynard reports what has also been known for some time: This is a loan, but without any requirement that Sevilla should or must buy him when the loan is over.
Romano also confirmed this later Friday.
Martial travels to Spain in a short time to complete the loan agreement.
Anthony Martial from Manchester United to Sevilla, done deal and here we go! Agreement reached tonight between the two clubs. Player has accepted, Sevilla was his priority. ⚪️🔴 #Sevilla
Sevilla will cover his salary until June. Martial will fly to Spain in the next hours. #MUFC pic.twitter.com/a5U392Es3k
– Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) January 24, 2022
Wanted to get away from United
Martial has had a difficult season at United, after both Jadon Sancho and Cristiano Ronaldo came in this summer.
There has been less and less playing time, also under Ole Gunnar Solskjær and he ended up with one United goal this season, against Everton on 2 October.
In December, his agent said he wanted to leave the club, and then Martial said the same in conversations with Ralf Rangnick.
There was also a big disagreement with the manager in connection with the 2-2 match away against Aston Villa. Rangnick took Martial out to the squad, but according to the United manager, Martial did not want to join, even though the Frenchman took to social media in an attempt to tell the whole world that he would never refuse to play for United.
The Frenchman remained unused for a long time even under the German’s leadership, he was neither looking at the bank nor the bench, but after the “denial case” the two spoke out. Thus, Martial was again in the squad against Brentford and West Ham.
When United pressed for a victory against West Ham on Saturday, he also came close to 10 minutes before full time, and was third last on the redemptive goal in overtime.
United have control of him until 2025
So is Martial anyway bound to United until 2025 (2024 plus one year option), but now Martial will be able to show up in La Liga for a Sevilla that is in 2nd place, just four points behind league leader Real Madrid.
Then the next United manager has to decide what he wants to do with the 26-year-old when the loan is over.
Good luck in Spain, Anthony.
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