Antony | Here we go! €100mill, contract until June 2027, option 'til 2028.
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United have ruined his career? What you on about? He’s played poorly.
Agreed, I think they will work on the structure of the payment (more upfront) to push it over the line. I do not think it all depends on Ajax finding a replacement for Antony. The player wants to go and is on strike, United have offered an astronomical sum, now it’s Ajax trying to look strong and get as much out of the deal as possible. I also don’t see Chelsea holding out for the sum they are asking Ajax to pay for Ziyech.
He's probably fleecing us, Ajax don't want to sell Antony but the player is forcing the issue.What a guy - agent Edwin
Yeah, all this is in your mind. The result against Liverpool would not have changed anything win or lose, Antony will be here the same time as planned. Are you assuming if we had lost Antony and Gakpo would have been here this week and ready to play Southampton?
Does anyone actually believe that was real? We get so much nonsense reported about us by journalists trying to get some attention by using our name. Twitter is just the modern day equivalent of the teletext clubcall ads. "United in mega-raid for ace hotshot. call for more details...."
It amazes people post content/tweet that is more than 5 minutes old. It’s already been posted…
Hamstra and Huntelaar are not struggling at all. From Ajax' point of view there is no rush in this transfer. First we want to find a decent replacement - if not, Antony will not be sold.
Of course it is a nice offer (around €90m.), but Ajax sits on a massive amount of money already. So the sporty side weighs more compared to the financial side in this transfer I think.
Anyone stepping in suggests the sale will be made or there’d be nothing to negotiate.
Maybe we should include DVB in the deal? I know we are short in the central are but Ajax might be might be more open to the deal this way
So why on earth would you suggest including a midfielder?
We don't need a player like Donny at the moment, our midfield is full already. We need a right winger with pace. Someone like Antony
clean 50m, Donny and Chong in the deal, maybe, plus an Amad loan? Could be beneficial for both parties on balance, although I'd still prefer Amad to get 20 games for a lower-end PL club whilst building up his strength and situational awareness within PL-paced games...
Ajax doesnt need Donny at all.
Is Donny supposed to tempt them?
When the feck are we just going to go ahead and appoint VdS as our new CEO? Everyone knows it’s the most logical thing to do apart from the actual people who can make it happen.
We already have 2 midfielders on the bench which were starting for NL in the last match...
I love Edwin.
Because he’s the dutch Woodward and is the master at making commercial deals for Ajax.
He doesn’t touch the footballing side of the operation at all, he leaves that to their DoF.
Solely based on your replies…I hope Ajax demand him!
Welcome to the Cafe and cheers for the post.
I don't think it's clear cut either way whether he goes or stays, so either scenario has a chance of happening. It seems like Ziyech is a big sticking point for Ajax, and I don't know if they are linked to any other names that would make them feel ok with Antony going.
It's interesting reading Transfermarkt and looking at who has come and gone this Summer. They've spent about £91million and have recouped £109million in sales. They seem to be in a habit of their sales/players out outweighing their spending/expenditure/players coming in. That suggests that they're probably in a healthy financial situation, unless something is going on behind the scenes (unlikely, in my opinion), which in turn suggests that they're not in trouble and desperately need the money. On the other hand, it does show that they are used to selling players/moving players on for profit. The numbers we're talking about would rival the money they received for de Jong and de Ligt, so it's a serious amount of money. On top of the that, the player wants to go.
It's a tricky one that I can't personally call either way anymore. That money could be huge for Ajax and lead to tons of reinvestment, but it might be too late in the window for that. I still think if Ajax can get someone in to replace Antony's role in the squad, he'll leave. They're financially in a position where they can accept the Ziyech money, in my opinion. So, it might be that they're trying to bring that cost down first.
100000001 soonAjax has 100000000 midfielders
Hence why I said CEO. He’s done a brilliant job at Ajax and even though he doesn’t handle football matters on a day to day basis he’s still a football man. I’d much rather him than some unknown quantity like Arnold.
I'm sure that we're speaking with Van Der Sar just to share tea and biscuits as we ask him about the family...
An officer and a gentlemanWhat a guy - agent Edwin
I reckon this is in part because we were monitoring De Jong, but if we've kicked off the VdS talks then its likely full steam ahead Antony(?)
Sorry to say, but this is not Ajax from 2013. Shite players that never leave the bench at United, Barca or other big clubs aren't good enough for us anymore.
Why does it always take so long for us to submit a bid?
Before we know it will be deadline day and will just encourage Ajax to drag their heels and be like "oh well what do you know the deadlines passed, guess he stays with us then!"
So incredibly frustrating.
Before we know it will be deadline day and will just encourage Ajax to drag their heels and be like "oh well what do you know the deadlines passed, guess he stays with us then!"
So incredibly frustrating.
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Hope we get this done. He's far more interesting than the other players we are linked with right now.
After wrapping up the Casemiro deal in record time it seems we’ve reverted back to our usual selves and are negotiating deals at a snails pace.
Yeah - seriously - what's the feckin hold up?
I think we're waiting for the all-clear that any bid we put in will be accepted before we then go through the motions, hence why Edwin is getting involved.
We will conclude this asap because Ajax still need to do things on their end, imo.
Joel Glazer, probably
I want us to get Antony, but I wish we had Edwin upstairs even more.
Can't we have both?
Can't we have both?
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