Im glad we didnt end up with him for 55mil.
Antony | Here we go! €100mill, contract until June 2027, option 'til 2028.
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Im glad we didnt end up with him for 55mil.
Its a World Cup season though and Antony will want to play for Brazil
He will have to settle down when the window closes.
So RW and number 9
Hasn’t he been on strike since the first bid?
Today’s game showed how much Antony is needed. Elanga as a starter is not good enough, so to speak, we need more able attackers.
Agreed, although I think there's a decent argument that Antony alone isn't enough. We are desperate for a striker too.
He was always needed. The cluelessness in here really is staggering. Elanga is nowhere close to being good enough.
How far away are we from £84.8 million?
It's €100M, so we're €10M apart from the purported last bid.
memphis and antony would make such a big difference in the depth and quality.
Not going to do both this window Imo. Fees are getting ridiculous now.
A lot rides on Ronaldo. I could see us bringing in Memphis and Antony if Ronaldo left.
He has. But unfortunately they haven't missed him at all, so they can afford to ride it out until the window closes.
Even if you look at other premier league clubs, you'd find it very hard to start Elanga ahead of any of their players. Championship quality at best right now.
It would be a massive shame not to get Antony because he costs 100m if we were ready to bid 90m. He genuinely wants to be here and that is very rare for players these days.
If true, surely he has brunt his bridges at Ajax? It's worse than hendo's club relationship now.
His interview was far worse than Henderson's
Previously it was just a work stoppage. Now it has escalated to pickering/media interviews and a strike
He’d be too miserable! But I don’t think he’s quite enough of an advantage over seven games. Before we got ETH, Martinez and Casemiro, yes, but not now.
I mean, over seven games, Ajax wins one or two of the first three, after that draws and Utd wins, imo.
We could still meet Ajax in the Europa, which would be a lot of fun and a good match up. By then I believe we will be a tough side to beat.
Antony is better than Sancho. Specifically because Sancho lacks strength and stamina he fades during games as you can see.
There's absolutely nothing to suggest that at this point
Rarely you'll see a Feyenoord fan say sensible things regarding Ajax.
You're pretty spot on here. Antony's story or at least the story coming out through Fabrizio Romano is just pure bullshit. It makes no sense at all for Ajax to agree on a 2 year project with Antony. Ajax plans much further ahead than just two years and it makes no sense to spend a record fee (at the time) and all the risks involved with that, to then just agree to let the player go after only two years.
For me it's pretty cleat this whole Romano interview is bullshit and full of lies. Nothing in it makes sense. Not the 2 year project and I also don't buy that he told Ajax he wanted to leave in february. It just doesn't make sense. Ajax would never have been so vocal and clear about keeping Antony if he really had told the club that he absoltely wanted to leave in this summer. This is just Antony trying to force himself out and starting to lie and disrespect the club to get there.
Pretty sure the deal will still get done. Not a clue anymore where this will end though - although I do feel right now that Ajax will at least hold out for a historical €100m fee.
Elanga is not United quality but is better than he’s playing right now. He played better last season he may just be going through second season syndrome. We will use him till we get better players
Regardless of what happened and didn’t happen… if a player so badly wants to leave and you get a fair offer… you have to sell otherwise you end up looking weak and desperate
Theres just no evidence to support this claim at all. Antony has only played in the Eredivisie which is a far less athletically demanding league. Van de Beek is evidence enough of that, as is Depay.
This is excactly how Coutinho forced Liverpools hand when Barcelona came calling in 2018 as well. He flat out refused to take part in anything before he was sold. He also submitted a transfer request just like Antony has.
In the end Barcelona paid all the money, and Coutinho immediately started to suck. Just kidding, Barcelona are still paying off that debt.
We could always have a go for Marcus Edwards at Sporting.
Antony should go on a food strike to force the move, chain himself to a plane to Manchester too.
Surprised he hasn't said "It's slavery" for him to stay at Ajax yet. Well, still hopeful he will join us by the deadline to provide our right wing with solid competition
That’s a good shout. Talent-wise he’s very good and his price would be lower. The kind of signing Liverpool would make, someone who has took a knock and built himself back up.
This is the worst time possible for another saga.
Has Ajax ever experienced of keeping player who put a transfer request before? Trust me it's not ideal to keep such an unhappy player as it could affect his performance, which means his price could go down next year or even worse the team's performance and dressing room could be affected by it. 90m euro is lot of money for a player who has put a transfer request, should have just accept it.
What we are all about sadly and that won't change until recruitment significantly improves and owners feck off back to US
I’m getting saga’d out.
Yeah fed up to back teeth of him & FDJ
Great. Now we'll be obligated to meet Ajax's demands and sign him otherwise our relationship will be ruined with him and the club.
Sigh, I guess we'll just have to pay the money and buy a phenomenal right winger...... Sucks being a United fan sometimes....
Tbh at this point I'd take any decent #9 from a mid table team in the PL.
ETH, Klopp, most of the current head coaches even Pep must be all from the 1990s then.
What I mean is even Sancho is struggling to make an impact with our current set up. I don't know who is better but so far there's nothing suggesting Antony is better than Sancho. If anything Sancho is actually much more proven imo.
Winger like Sancho or Antony would really need a proper #9 to play with especially against a low block. Without a proper #9 most of the time they'll be isolated and cut off. It'd be very hard for them to play well.
I didn't say I don't want Antony he seems a very good player but atm imo we simply need a #9 far more.
I know people are currently hating him. But we got a proper striker on CR7.
Yeah definitely need Antony and number 9 so surely a move for Dembele/Aubameyang is most obvious move
No he's not and never been a proper #9. Plus he's too old now for the Prem.
Yeah both would be fantastic but if we have to choose I'd take the #9.
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