Manchester: French forward Anthony Martial became the most expensive teenager in football history on Tuesday when he signed for Manchester United for a reported 36 million pounds ($55.5 million), in the latest deadline-day deal by the English club.
United is taking a gamble on 19-year-old Martial, who has been compared by some in France to the great Thierry Henry despite just 29 senior starts in spells at Lyon and Monaco and only earning a first call-up to his national squad last month.
Marouane Fellaini (2013) and Radamel Falcao (2014) were expensive United signings on the final day of the last two summer transfer windows and Martial is another last-minute purchase, taking the spending under United manager Louis van Gaal in barely a year to more than 250 million pounds ($380 million).
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