6 modern Man Utd flops as Anthony Martial prepares to join Sevilla

Anthony Martial is close to completing a loan move to Sevilla for the rest of the season.

The Manchester United striker told interim boss Ralf Rangnick he wanted to leave this month and is now set to be granted his wish.

Sevilla are understood to have agreed to pay Martial's wages of £200,000-a-week in full, although there is said to be no loan fee involved in the agreement between the two clubs.

The loan fee is understood to have been absorbed into the payment of Martial's wages, which equates to around £4million for the remainder of the campaign.

France striker Martial, who has made just seven appearances for United this season and who was signed for £36m from Monaco in 2015, is set to fly to Seville today to complete the deal.

One dazzling season doesn't stop Martial from being in the conversation for being one of United's worst modern signings, but this six are definitely in the frame...

Signed from Real Madrid for £59.7m in 2014, Di Maria arrived a Champions League and La Liga winner, but flopped at United.

His family were victims of a break-in while at home, while on the pitch he failed, United cutting their losses after just one season, offloading him to PSG, where he continues to thrive.

Signed from PSV Eindhoven for £25m in 2015, Dutch international Depay was handed United's iconic No.7 shirt but the stage proved too much for him.

He lasted just 18 months, sold to Lyon for £17m, having scored just seven goals in 53 United appearances.

Arriving at United in the same summer as Depay, midfielder Schneiderlin was signed from Southampton for £25m by Louis van Gaal, but never convinced at Old Trafford.

Like Depay, he also exited United in January 2017, joining Everton for £20m.

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