London: Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has admitted that the fee paid for teenage French striker Anthony Martial was "a ridiculous amount of money".


Louis van Gaal. Pic/AFP 

The 19-year-old, who only won his first cap for France after the deal went through, cost a staggering reported fee of £36 million ($55.1m, 49m euros) from Monaco just before the transfer window closed last week.