I was getting cooked when I said he was the worst signing of the season in the Koulibaly thread. I wasn’t trying to gloat or rub it in, but I always felt like the purchase never made much sense. I never gave my reasons because I was a newbie to the forum and didn’t feel my opinion was welcome, but I’ll give you my views.
Antony has no extraordinary qualities to be close to a £100 million signing. He’s not particularly fast, strong or technically secure on the ball. While Koulibaly has been poor, he is struggling in a poor Chelsea. This United side is fast improving, and several players are on form apart from Antony. Coupled with the fact that he was brought in to be a starter for the RW (when Sancho was already bought a large fee) it doesn’t look like a good buy. I honestly feel Diallo could offer a lot more than Antony.