“AEK announces the purchase of the player Anthony Martial. The French international forward has signed a collaboration contract with our team until the summer of 2027″. The Greek club thus announced the signing of the former Manchester United player on September 19th. Once he became a free agent in the summer, the born in ’95, he waited for an opportunity to relaunch himself after years on the margins of Red Devilschoosing to join the yellow and black team of Athens.
As soon as he set foot at AEK, Martial made it a point to get back into the best physical shape possible to help the club regain the league title that has been missing since 2018, missing the call-up for official matches until 20 October. There Martial made his Super League 1 debut against PAOK Thessaloniki, earning another half hour in the match against Panserraikos. Until the turning pointthe victory against Aris Thessaloniki in the Greek Cup where the former United player found a goal from an area of prey and was awarded man of the match at the end of the match: “”I feel very good because it’s been a long time since I don’t play. Scoring my first goal in this stadium is incredible for me. I’m very happy that we won. It’s perfect. The atmosphere is incredible at every match,” said ad AEKTV
“I think the most important thing is that we played well in the first half. The important thing was to win, we did well and we continue. Greek football continues to improve from year to year, I received information from my brother, who also played him in Greece (Joan Martial left Panaitolikos). I was impressed by the facilities and the pitch. I feel much better, my last match was in January, I train hard, I want to find my form to help the team from AEK are very kind, I’m very happy to be here.” How to break a fasting from scoring which had now lasted for almost a year, given that his last personal goal came on November 26th against Everton (3-0).