Man Utd’s bid for Martial was NOT the highest, claims Monaco chief

Martial’s immediate success has shocked many onlookers, but not his former captain at Monaco.

Eyebrows were raised when United forked out a record fee of £36million for a teenager but Martial has silenced the doubters with four goals in his first six matches.

Depay and Martial have both impressed at United since their respective moves from PSV and Monaco and Schweinsteiger is ready to help both attackers make the most of their careers.

Eric Cantona, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and Cristiano Ronaldo were the players Ferguson singled out but Neville insists Keane and Peter Schmichael also deserve to be on that list. However, Martial has taken everything in his stride and last night against Wolfsburg he again put on a strong performance against the German outfit. But they hold the upper hand over United in Wednesday’s encounter, having opened their Group B campaign with a 1-0 home win over CSKA Moscow.

England defender Chris Smalling, 25, says Manchester United are capable of challenging in all competitions this term. I thought they would maintain their word.

Manchester United winger Ashley Young, 30, claims he is not bothered that manager Louis van Gaal says he is “not a Neymar”.

“When you see what he’s doing right now, it’s infuriating for us but that’s good for him“.

He said, “I know the fans expect a lot from me because of my price tag, but I’ll do everything so they can be proud of me.” “The amount of money was massive but Monaco could have sold him instead next season“.

“There was another club that offered even more than United”.

“Last year he played bad in the beginning of the season and after worked a lot physically and mentally”.

Let’s be clear: what Owen was really saying is that while Martial is good, he’s no better than a certain young Michael Owen Esq. was back when he took Planet Football by storm.