Man Utd transfer news: £70m Martial put up for sale as club prepare £180,000 fine

MANCHESTER UNITED want to SELL Anthony Martial before next week’s transfer deadline and are set to slap the French forward with a £180,000 fine.

Martial is in hot water with Jose Mourinho after not jetting back to the club’s pre-season tour following the birth of his second child.

His son was born a week ago but the striker hasn’t been seen on the training ground since.

And United are preparing to punish the player with a two-week fine - which totals almost £200,000.
Starsport understand Mourinho has now decided to cash-in on Martial after deciding he’s not mentally strong enough to play for him.

The Manchester giants have slapped a £70m asking price on his head, and want Inter Milan star Ivan Perisic on board as his replacement.

Perisic was a top target for Mourinho 12 months ago and after his impressive World Cup showing for finalists Croatia, he’s now set to go in for him again.

United are in a race against time to get a deal done though.

The transfer window for incoming signings closes at 5pm on August 9.

They can continue to sell players beyond that date to clubs on the continent though.

United ended their pre-season tour of the USA with a victory over Real Madrid in the early hours of this morning.

Alexis Sanchez and Ander Herrera were both on target, with Karim Benzema scoring for the European Champions.

"I didn't learn anything," said Mourinho. "I know what Ander Herrera, Juan Mata and Alexis Sanchez are, I know the kids are very young and need time to grow up.

"I know that my players gave everything and in the last 15 minutes we were dead and they bring on Marco Asensio and Isco, and I thought we wouldn't resist it.

"But the boys tried everything, gave everything and we always have to try to fight for the best result.
"We tried, with the players we had available, to organise the best possible team to defend against them. We were just trying to survive and have the best possible results.

"But, as I was saying to the players, some of my players will be in an amazing condition. Imagine Alexis Sanchez fresh, the way the man is running after playing four matches, 90 minutes.

"I think he's in a fantastic condition, so let's look at it from a positive side and wait for Lindelof, Rashford, Lukaku and Jones, which are going to be four important players for us.

"They will not be prepared, but they will be back, and that's the spirit we need, because I think our first two or three weeks in the Premier League - Leicester, Brighton, Tottenham - I think these two weeks are going to be really hard for us because we didn't prepare for that and that's what it is."
United kick-off the Premier League season at home to Leicester on August 10.