{"id":632528,"date":"2023-12-12T08:54:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T13:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=632528"},"modified":"2023-12-12T08:54:02","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T13:54:02","slug":"manchester-united-anthony-martial-contract-extension-unlikely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/12\/12\/manchester-united-anthony-martial-contract-extension-unlikely\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Free Agent Next Summer&#8217;: Manchester United Could Let \u00a336 Million Star Go"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/manchester-united\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United<\/a> have had a shaky start to the 2023\/24 Premier League season, losing seven of their first 16 matches. In response, The Red Devils seem to be planning major changes for the future, starting with Anthony Martial&#8217;s contract.<\/p>\n<h2>Manchester United Unlikely To Extend Anthony Martial Contract<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8 EXCL: Manchester United do not intend to activate option to extend Anthony Martial contract. Current deal expires 2024 (+ 1yr). Barring change of plan 28yo will exit <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MUFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#MUFC<\/a> as free agent next summer unless suitable offers arrive in January <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAthleticFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@TheAthleticFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IsSRcMeCIP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/IsSRcMeCIP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Ornstein (@David_Ornstein) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/David_Ornstein\/status\/1734149195215306949?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 11, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>What Is Manchester United&#8217;s Plan For Martial?<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/5125567\/2023\/12\/11\/man-utd-transfers-anthony-martial-contract\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Athletic&#8217;s David Ornstein<\/a> has reported that the Red Devils &#8220;do not intend&#8221; to extend Anthony Martial&#8217;s contract, which is set to expire at the end of this campaign. The Frenchman had last signed a new deal with the club in 2019, a five-year contract until 2024 with the option to trigger an extra one-year extension to 2025.<\/p>\n<p>But United have no plans on triggering the option to activate that one-year extension and are expected to let the 28-year-old leave as a free agent in the summer by allowing him to run down his deal, as they did by <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/06\/16\/andre-onana-considered-manchester-united\/\" target=\"_self\">offloading David de Gea<\/a> in the summer. However, Ornstein adds that they could also sell him in the upcoming January transfer window if a suitable offer comes; any sale would open up a place to potentially strengthen their attack with a new signing.<\/p>\n<p>Martial can also sign a pre-contract agreement with any club in January unless the Red Devils tie him down to a new deal or activate his one-year extension. At this point, it does not look like United want to prolong Martial&#8217;s stay at Old Trafford until 2025.<\/p>\n<h3>Martial Receives Criticism For Sloppy Performances<\/h3>\n<p>The French forward has had a poor start to the 2023\/2024 season and has only been able to score two goals in 19 appearances, including only one goal in 13 Premier League appearances. He has earned a lot of criticism for his sloppy performances this season, with Roy Keane also taking a dig at him recently by hinting that the 28-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2023\/12\/03\/man-utd-roy-keane-tells-anthony-martial-go-a-leagues-scathing-criticism-19919813\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">should &#8216;go down a few leagues&#8217;<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Martial arrived at Old Trafford in 2015 and became the most expensive teenager in world footballer for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2015\/sep\/01\/manchester-united-sign-monaco-forward-anthony-martial\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">whopping \u00a336 million fee<\/a>. He has since gone on to make 316 appearances for the Red Devils across all competitions, scoring 90 goals. But he has never been able to fulfil his utmost potential and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/12\/10\/agent-anthony-martial-wants-to-leave\/\" target=\"_self\">even tried to leave<\/a> the club a few times in the past, even spending the second half of the 2021\/22 season on loan at Sevilla, and it appears that his journey with the Red Devils is set to end in 2024.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch: <\/strong>COMPLETELY BROKEN? &#8211; Here&#8217;s Why Manchester United are on Life Support<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"COMPLETELY BROKEN? - Here&#039;s Why Manchester United are on Life Support\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7ARZbbAG37s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United have had a shaky start to the 2023\/24 Premier League season, losing seven of their first 16 matches. In response, The Red Devils seem to be planning major changes for the future, starting with Anthony Martial&#8217;s contract. Manchester United Unlikely To Extend Anthony Martial Contract \ud83d\udea8 EXCL: Manchester United do not intend to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4218,"featured_media":629234,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,18,30],"tags":[773,7337],"class_list":["post-632528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-manchester-united","category-news","tag-january-transfer-window","tag-manchester-united-news"],"modified_by":"Declan Wiseman, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4218"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=632528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=632528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=632528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=632528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}