Manchester United news: Anthony Martial reach agreement to join Sevilla on loan

Manchester United have agreed to loan Anthony Martial to Sevilla for the rest of the season, with the Spanish club paying a fee of about GBP 5 million and covering the forwards GBP 150,000-a-week-salary. The Frenchman will fly from Paris, where he is currently located, to Sevilla on Tuesday to undergo a medical. He had asked to leave the club this season in search of more game time and he chose Sevilla despite interests from Juventus and Barcelona, because he believed that’s where he will play the most.

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

Martial played a key role in United’s late winner against West Ham at Old Trafford on Saturday, which took the Red Devils into the top four in the points table. The 26-year-old joined the Red Devils from Monaco in 2015 and soon soon became the world’s most expensive teenager. He went on to score 79 times in 269 appearances for the club.

However, the forward fell out of favour in United’s attacking line-up after the arrival of legendary Cristiano Ronaldo, highly-rated youngster Jadon Sancho and Mason Greenwood’s emergence. Martial has started just four games for the Red Devils this season, and was accused by Ralf Rangnick, clubs interim manager, of asking not to play in the 2-1 draw at Aston Villa on January 15. However, the forward refuted his manager’s claim and Rangnick later insisted the situation was resolved.

Ronaldo arriving was probably the death knell for his United career: Williams

Tom Williams, in his transfer podcast last week spoke about why Martial has been unable to hold down a first-team place at Old Trafford.

He said:  “There are various reasons for him not having hit the heights that United would have hoped. There’s been a lot of instability since he came to the club. He’s played under four different managers, not all of whom have been his biggest fans – you think notoriously of Jose Mourinho.

“There’s obviously competition for places at United. I think one of the things that perhaps gets overlooked a bit is how unfortunate Marcus Rashford’s emergence has been for Martial, because they’re such similar players. But also you’ve got Mason Greenwood, you’ve got [Edinson] Cavani and now Cristiano Ronaldo.

“He obviously needs to move. Ronaldo arriving was probably the death knell for his United career as the first-choice centre-forward. You suspect that, for both parties, the best thing is for him to move on.”