ANTHONY MARTIAL – MONACO TO MAN UNITED, £36 million (SUMMER 2015)
Young Anthony Martial’s £36 million deadline day move to Manchester United in 2015 certainly caught many fans of the Premier League club by surprise.
Paying £36 million – as well as a potential further £12 million dependent on various clauses – for a player who had made just 49 senior league appearances seemed like almost madness to many.
Just 12 months later, however, and the story is already very different. Scoring 11 league goals – 17 In all competitions – and taking the Premier League by storm in his debut season, Martial has certainly already proved that he has the ability and potential to fulfil the vast amount of money that United invested in him.
Now, with Jose Mourinho at the helm, and United’s attacking ways of old seemingly ready to return, many fans are hoping that Martial can kick on once again, and truly establish himself as one of the league’s very best.