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French striker given permission to leave squad to 'sign a contract with Man Utd'

Anthony Martial was allowed leave the national team to travel to England.

THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE of the French national team is reporting that Anthony Martial is set to sign for Manchester United.

The Monaco striker requested permission to leave the French base at Clairefontaine to travel to England to โ€œsign a contract with Manchester United.โ€

Given the circumstances, France manager Didier Deschamps acceded to the request request and he left the squad at 11am this morning.

According to RMC Sport, the deal will see United stump up โ‚ฌ60 up-front with an additional โ‚ฌ20m in performance bonuses. However, other sources are putting the up front figure at closer to โ‚ฌ35 million.

In other United news, it looks like both Javier Hernรกndez and Adnan Januzaj will leave the club on loan before the transfer window closes.

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    Mute Dave O Keeffe
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    Oct 27th 2015, 7:48 PM

    hopefully heโ€™s sober

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    Oct 27th 2015, 8:25 PM

    Jesus lads go easy on the positivity. Personally I think itโ€™s great to see him back, hopefully stays fit and can contribute to the Irish team too.

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    Oct 27th 2015, 8:19 PM

    How have Everton not left him go?

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    Oct 27th 2015, 8:31 PM

    He is probably a qualified doctor at this stage, the amount of time he has spent in the treatment room.

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    Oct 27th 2015, 8:32 PM

    because heโ€™s one of their best midfielders when fit

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    Oct 27th 2015, 8:41 PM

    Because whenever heโ€™s actually played heโ€™s done fantastic.

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    Oct 28th 2015, 12:03 AM

    and he also has a contract and itโ€™s hard to sell injured players.

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    Oct 28th 2015, 9:02 AM

    He was bad last nightโ€ฆ gareth barry looks to have more spring in his step these daysโ€ฆ. injuries seem to have taken their toll on gibson, he is too one paced and canโ€™t get around the pitch when he does manage to make rare appearances these days

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    Oct 27th 2015, 7:46 PM

    Glass Knees Gibson.

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    Oct 28th 2015, 12:19 AM

    When youโ€™re up in row Z and the ball hits your head its โ€ฆ

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