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<\/p>\nLiverpool icon Graeme Souness has claimed that the signing of Anthony Martial sums up a "decade of poor decisions" at Manchester United. <\/p>\n
Martial arrived at Old Trafford from Monaco in 2015. He cost the Red Devils \u00a336million as a 19-year-old, making him the most expensive teenager in the world at the time.<\/p>\n
The Frenchman has failed to ever really cement his status as a key first-team player with the 13-time Premier League champions, and he now looks set to leave for free at the end of the current season. He will not be seen as a loss by Souness, who believes Martial's underachievement since joining the club provides clear evidence of United's muddled transfer policy.<\/p>\n
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Speaking on talkSPORT last week prior to news of Martial's contract, he said: "Where Man United are… I'll try without waffling, I think you look no further than Martial for what that club is all about.<\/p>\n
"I used to write in The Sunday Times and about four or five years ago I wrote 'This has to be Martial's last chance saloon moment.' They had given him another contract and he didn't deserve one so by mentioning his name, what I mean is they have, for a decade, made consistently poor decisions in the footballing matters.<\/p>\n
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"The most important thing you have to get right at a football club is your recruitment and then on top of that, who you think you can afford to sell, who's no longer a Man United player, who's not fit or good enough to be a Man United player, who doesn't show the right attitude. These are things… you're playing for Man United, you're playing for that shirt, you're playing for a club that stands for all the good things about football in their past.<\/span><\/p>\n "You've got players who are going through the motions now, now that comes back to the manager. Martial represents, for me, a decade of poor football decisions, the fact he's still at the club.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31652517.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/0_Sevilla-FC-v-Manchester-United-Quarterfinal-Second-Leg-UEFA-Europa-League.jpg\")
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