Martial's lack of progression saved United 20 million euros

The French striker is still young at only 23, but the English team was expecting a more ambitious player when they first signed him from Monaco. At least, according to a report in The Times, they can celebrate that they have saved themselves from bonuses in his contract which depended on his performance. 

Under these, United would have saved up to 20 million euros to the French club had a couple of his performances been better and therefore met with the conditions on his contract.  

The first, that Martial had been chosen in the stretch between the finalists to the Ballon d'Or. No doubt, a very daring prediction at the time, despite the good expectations generated by the Frenchman.

The other factor was, always according to this information, that the United striker reached 25 internationals caps with the French national team. This condition could have potentially been met, since he has been called up for France a total of 18 times.