I really want this signing to happen, fingers crossed we negotiate their asking price to a decent amount that's fair for both parties.
Antony | Here we go! €100mill, contract until June 2027, option 'til 2028.
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One thing is for sure Ten Hag knows him, if Utd have pulled the trigger just a few days into training it is a reasonable assumption that the manager has identified he would be an improvement on what is here already having seen the players
Even 51m pounds is not realistic to a player that had 1 decent season in medium quality league and probably will come to the squad and start on bench
£70m for any player only proven in the Dutch league is absolutely insane. Even £50m is stretching it.
Is it really that hard to research? yes he is, and he regularly plays ahead of £60m man Raphinha.
he’s the kind of player who will do that too.
Ten Hag wants him and he's desperate to join us. I hope we sign him
To be fair 70m is the feck you price. Reports say Antony wants Ajax to negotiate so if he moves here it won’t be for much more than our bid
51mln is insane also!!! We are kings of overpaying. Seems like United never learn. Same with L. Martinez
Yeah, I agree, and I'd have loved for us to have signed him. Much prefer the look of him as a player to Raphinha, and those two were the main two options mooted for the spot - but the fee you lot paid for Richarlison, and the money Liverpool forked out for Nunez already looks very steep, and this is arguably a bigger gamble than either.
There must be better value elsewhere. He's not the only promising left footed attacker in world football.
I really don't like the move tbh. No point in pretending otherwise. The fee (which will be even higher than the £51m currently offered based on the report) makes it pretty much impossible for him to be considered a success. He's nowhere near the level Sancho was at when we signed him, and Sancho just had a pretty dreadful season. Antony's a talented dribbler and a hard worker, but still very rough around the edges in other areas. Needs to improve his end product, especially his finishing, majorly.
Wikipedia only details half a paragraph about him coming off the bench against Venezuela, sorry for asking. Ajax's valuation is still far too high, in my opinion. If they're that confident in his value they should accept a Ballon d'Or clause to make up the price.
I don't think he's worth the money Ajax are asking for him. Could we not revisit this next season when his contract is one year shorter?
His potential would need to be exceptional for this to be good business. Ten Hag must fancy him to be the new Salah or something.
Why not try 50m on Antony, plus give them 1 year loan deal for Diallo for free.
Any offer for Antony should include Tahith Chong or Amad Diallo, there will not be a place for so many young developing right wingers.
He's not exactly a prolific goal scorer, seems an awful lot of money for not an awful lot of goals.
How exactly would it be beneficial for them ?
Ajax don't do loans they produce most of their own players and sell them for profit.
Brobbey is on loan from Leipzig
Brobbey is a special case though. Ajax youth who left on a free last season. Ajax loaned him back, with good opportunities to buy him back. That is what we are working towards atm. The previous poster is right, Ajax do not do loans anymore (thank god)
Not even that. Brobbey required absolutely no time to fit in while Haller was at the Africa cup. That's why they loaned him.
50m is good money, while Diallo is quite a talented youngster who would be decent enough for Dutch league
His a promising young winger but the pricing is ridiculous.
It's not like he scored 30 goals in the Eredivisie and 10 in the CL
Would love for us to get him, and he's clearly wanted by ETH.
I don't understand why we're waiting til now however when Ajax have already sold a load of player/he commands a much higher fee?
I don't understand why we're waiting til now however when Ajax have already sold a load of player/he commands a much higher fee?
Yes but in the case of Amad they'll be developing him, they'll rather give that opportunity to an academy player.
Why would Ajax develop an youngster for us ? If it was a permanent sale, it would make sense. This narrative that Ajax is some kind of minnow who will develop an youngster for us, has to stop.They have a huge scouting network, one of the best academies in the world (bigger than us). They know how to replace Antony.
Earlier tweets suggesting the price was 70m € not £
Because he's not even able to train yet.
Just in case they can't find any suitable right winger this summer. Anyway, I think 50m is good money for Antony. Diallo loan is just a gesture.
As an Ajax fan.. He'd not be in my top 5, maybe top 8 of last years best players...
Not saying he is not a great talent though... But he was far too inconsistent last season and lacked decision making to be ranked amongst the best Ajax players last season.. Martinez Mazraoui Blind Timber Antony and Tadic were better over the whole season 100%.. Haller, Alvarez Berghuis Pasveer arguably as well...
I suppose we are waiting to see how he recovers before we spend 50m+ on a guy that might not even be the same player.
I get that, I mean more from a negotiating stand point.
Probably best to wait and see how he's running before you stump that sort of cash up.
Had to agree with this. I wasn't too impress with him in comparison to other Ajax players when I watched him last season. Even in comparison to other midfielders from different team at similar age, Bellingham was more impressive last season. And Bellingham is younger.
You must be joking right? United is barely a step up in terms of quality(which most of you must agree with since at least 5 players of the starting XI are deemed to be an upgrade, before Mazraoui and Gravenberch went to Ajax). Why would Ajax want a player that isn't anywhere good enough for United
Amad struggling to get minutes in Scotland,
he is nowhere near good enough for Ajax.
Such a strange transfer us buying Diallo.
he is nowhere near good enough for Ajax.
Such a strange transfer us buying Diallo.
That's too much.
We wouldn't put in a disrespectfully low bid for Antony while negotiating for Martinez.
I would say that Antony bid is close to what they want.
I would say that Antony bid is close to what they want.
Remind me which team got to the Europa league final? you underestimate Rangers.
If the bid is real, no other sources reporting it thus far, I do think we'll end up getting him. We're clearly after him. Just worry how much we might pay.
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