Are they? I have them as favourites to win the World Cup.
Antony | Here we go! €100mill, contract until June 2027, option 'til 2028.
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
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They're going to squeeze €100m out of us, aren't they?
He's a good player but moves like these really highlight how poor our recruitment is. We get our heart set on one player and don't have any alternatives to fall back on if there's any complication with the deal. It happened when we signed Maguire, and it's also why we spent so long chasing our own tails with de Jong.
He's a good player but moves like these really highlight how poor our recruitment is. We get our heart set on one player and don't have any alternatives to fall back on if there's any complication with the deal. It happened when we signed Maguire, and it's also why we spent so long chasing our own tails with de Jong.
Price is already astronomical. Pressure will be on straight away, as it is with Lisandro
Yeah, he wasn't but people here talked about him like he isn't even good enough to be a backup at United.
While I don't think Antony is worth that either, it's clear to me he had higher potential than someone like Gakpo.
Brazil is everyone's favorite for the World Cup
Casemiro - Fred is literally Brazil midfield
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Martinez - Argentina. South america FC then.Also, Ronaldo is on his way out no?
I’ve listed you all the important stats, and from all your posts and efforts here, you could only pick 1 stat to argue. That’s is, shots on goals as in xG. Let’s just say, even I give you that one as a tie, he still lags behind other top attackers in Dutch league in everything else.
In short, with his current class and form, no way he would worth 80m+ as quoted.
Because Ajax dont need the money and our forwards look top quality now. Ajax still has 250 million in the bank because of player sales. Also i have no idea who Ajax will line up to replace antony, and for sure that player wont be cheap. Also not many players want to come to the dutch league, mostly talents. So Ajax is risking a bad CL and Eredivisie season by letting him go to united.
I don't understand why ETH is so obsessed with him. Surely there's other wingers out there that can suit his system!
Please please make this happen. The one player I want the most .
Thoughts on having spent over £200M on defenders the last few years?
I'd prioritize the rest of the team and come back to RB and then eventually GK, last.
Of course he would be good enough to start, or at least as squad player for us, as we all know his competitor here would be Rashford or Elanga. My argument being we shouldn’t overspend for him for 80m+, it’s beyond stupid to spend that much on someone who couldn’t even dominate Dutch league.
Massively overpriced. Shouldn't trust anything from eredivise.
He will provide us some balance to be fair, finally a left footed right winger who has the ability to beat a man with pace, can cross and is excellent at progressing the play. The domino effect is that Rashford drops out of the team and Sancho goes on the left where he is much more of a goal threat and United begin to look more balanced. There is no escaping the fact we're overpaying by a quite incredible amount however.
We aren't replacing De Gea this year, and ETH seems happy with Dalot.
Attack desperately needs reinforcements.
Is this guy actually worth the crazy money? Honestly I’ve seen a few good highlights but he doesn’t even seem to have been ripping up the Dutch league?
United have a hell of a lot to learn about the transfer dark arts, that’s for sure. Seems we haven’t tapped him up or put any cat amongst the pigeons within his camp. Noble in heart, but not how big clubs operate.
If we are serious about him, we’ll do what needs to be done, but you can’t help but wonder how much we could’ve shaved off whatever the final price ends up being.
If we are serious about him, we’ll do what needs to be done, but you can’t help but wonder how much we could’ve shaved off whatever the final price ends up being.
I thought Donny might be pushed back to Ajax in this deal, not like he's getting much game time,
From what I've seen and read about him 80m seems like too much as it is, but Ajax rightfully sense desperation from our end.
I still believe Sancho can and probably will be a success but for Antony seems to have similar weakness and hasn't played to as high a level as Sancho did at Dortmund.
I still believe Sancho can and probably will be a success but for Antony seems to have similar weakness and hasn't played to as high a level as Sancho did at Dortmund.
Both Richarlison and Raphinha played in the premier league and had better stats than him playing in the dutch league.If you compare him to both Raphinha and Richarlison it’s probably overpaying by about 10-20%.. but he is only 22, we’re also in the sh*t and desperate
I’m from the Netherlands, and therefore see a lot of matches from Ajax. Although i am a PSV supporter (with the allmighty Beard as our headcoach), i must admit Anthony is a good player. He’s got outstanding dribbling skills, and likes to enjoy the public by making oponents crazy.
His stats however aren’t as good as they could be. Too often he holds the ball with him while better options are available.
His biggest disadvantage however is that he is a diver. Anthony has Neymar-like, annoying traits, and unless he’s at your team, anyone else will hate him quickly.
Ajax’ asking price is (in my opinion) way over the hill. I wouldn’t advise buying him for that kind of money…..
His stats however aren’t as good as they could be. Too often he holds the ball with him while better options are available.
His biggest disadvantage however is that he is a diver. Anthony has Neymar-like, annoying traits, and unless he’s at your team, anyone else will hate him quickly.
Ajax’ asking price is (in my opinion) way over the hill. I wouldn’t advise buying him for that kind of money…..
I would argue that this is their best squad since 2006.
He is on strike
Yet he’s the one starting for Brazil so his impact on their performances excluding stats is great. I have watched him a lot and he is easily better than both players. His ceiling is way way above what the other two have and he’s younger than both too. Makes sense he would cost more.
Good player but the fee is overpriced in my opinion.
That’s a shame. I agree attack needs reinforcements but a cheaper attacker plus the two, or at least one, other would be nice
Seems we have done since he’s not training
I was talking about Vinicius in my first sentence, United were linked with him last season and people here were acting like he's some bum who doesn't have the potential to get any better.
I agree with you that Antony's price is too high.
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Ajax ain’t turning that kind of money down mate. There’s a difference between needing money and desiring money which is too good to be true.
That’s after the fact and with him presumably finding out Ajax are potentially pricing him out of his big money move. Tapping up would (and should) have started months ago. Not great for relationships, but part and parcel of the game.
You love to see it.
Did it not? Been fairly public knowledge we’ve been after him for months but wanted to get other positions in first
To be fair to Antony, it is a ridiculous offer. I can see why he’d be upset about not getting the move
Making the title changes today have been heart warming
All of them
Is he any good? Who would you compare his game to from any current or past wingers?
If we pay €80m for him, he'll need a massive breakthrough season.
By all accounts they've already turned down that kind of money yesterday
Tapping up is between club and camps and puts the seller in a really compromised position with a player making it clear that he goes, or else. It’s basically strong-arming the seller, which we don’t look to have done.
We seem to have an outstanding relationship with Ajax, so it might be a reason we haven’t done it, but I actually think we don’t actually have the nous to more than anything else.
If we go from Arnautovic and Rabiot to Antony and Casemiro I'm good.
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