The next academy player to make their debut for Manchester United will be the 250th youngster to achieve that dream after progressing through the youth ranks.
07.01.2024 - 13:43 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Fenerbahce are yet to make contact with Manchester United over a possible deal for Anthony Martial.
Speculation in Turkey has suggested Fenerbahce could make a frugal offer for Martial, 28, as he approaches the last five months of his contract.
United are planning to release Martial in the summer if they do not obtain a fee for the striker this month. Martial has been absent from training for four weeks due to illness and he has started in only seven games this term.
Martial will not have his contract extended by another year amid dire form and fitness over the last three-and-a-half years. Martial has scored 18 goals for United since the start of the 2020-21 season and he last completed 90 minutes in the Premier League against Sheffield United in January 2021.
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United dealt with Fenerbahce over the €15million sale of Fred and the £4.28m signing of goalkeeper Altay Bayindir in the summer. Bayindir is yet to play for the club.
Martial signed a minimum five-and-a-half year contract with United in January 2019 but he has only scored 90 goals in 317 games since he arrived from Monaco on deadline day in September 2015.
Former United manager Jose Mourinho was prepared to sell Martial in the summer of 2018 as the Frenchman wanted to leave but United blocked a possible departure.
A large number of United fans audibly cheered the substitution of Martial in the 3-0 home defeats to Newcastle and Bournemouth earlier this season.
Martial started in United's 2016 FA Cup final and 2017 League Cup final triumphs over Crystal Palace and Southampton at Wembley.
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