On Monday, transfer journalist Romano reported that Manchester United and Real Betis have agreed on a lease. The La Liga club covers less than fifty percent of Antony’s salary and escapes demands to buy. Manchester United are nevertheless said to have hedged against Antony being weighed too lightly – also at Real Betis.
So far, Antony has scored 12 goals in 96 games. Since the summer, the Brazilian has 407 minutes of match practice. Ruben Amorim dryly stated that the winger’s problem was not the technical or physical, but a lack of confidence.
Manchester United need Antony to build up this confidence on the pitch, according to Spanish ABC, United have negotiated a clause that punishes Real Betis financially if the club does not give Antony a certain number of games until the end of the season.
Basically, something that should be unnecessary when Real Betis have defined Antony as a priority reinforcement, five points behind 6th place in La Liga and ticket to play in Europe. It also illustrates that Manchester United are not confident that Antony will play his way into the starting eleven of Betis coach Manuel Pellegrini.
