Manchester United paid 95 million euros for Antony to make ex-manager Erik ten Hag happy. In addition, they gave the Brazilian a salary of 10 million euros plus bonuses.
Manchester United’s expenses are far too high as long as there are no Champions League games. – To avoid punishment from the Premier League and Uefa, costs must be reduced. – The hope was this winter that a Saudi Arabian club would buy Antony, but the 24-year-old right winger believes it is too early to retire from desert football.
Antony is very close to leaving Manchester United. At least temporarily and with funding from Old Trafford.
Fabrizio Romano reports that Real Betis are in the process of signing the winger on loan, and negotiations are said to be so far advanced that it is only a matter of details. The deal is expected to be signed for the remainder of this season and will not include any purchase option. Manchester United pay part of Antony’s salary during the loan period, exactly how much should still be an issue.
“Antony is a very exciting player in this window,” sporting director Manu Fajardo said the other day, according to Marca.
It remains to be seen if Manchester United want to let the 24-year-old go. It has been written in the Spanish press that the English giant will have to pay a larger part of Antony’s wages, something the clubs will have to agree on in order for the deal to go through.
ABC de Sevilla reports that Real Betis will achieve a 50/50 split of wages, while it now leans a little more in favor of Manchester United.
Saudi Arabia, on the other hand, was willing to pay almost all of Manchester United’s €95 million purchase of Ajax.
Real Betis are currently in the bottom half of the La Liga table.
