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Surely he has been one of our best-performing loaners. It should not be hard to find buyers for him.
 
If we can't move him on this summer.

Why not try him on LWB? He works hard and could cross from his strongest leg?
Prretty sure we briefly tried it for a game or two. He was pants to say the least, that and from what I remember he thought it beneath him to play as a wingback.
 
I wonder how much we'll be able to convince teams to pay for him. Clearly not worth anything north of £20m at this stage, which is a scary difference from what we paid. If we get anything near £40m id be happy.
 
I wonder how much we'll be able to convince teams to pay for him. Clearly not worth anything north of £20m at this stage, which is a scary difference from what we paid. If we get anything near £40m id be happy.

We need £32.5M to avoid a loss on PSR
 
I was really hoping to start hearing Atletico's name linked. They are the one who I could see paying what we need.
 
Its funny because people would love a loan player doing similar here. I remember how much people were enamoured by how much Weghorst seemed to love being at United, sitting staring at the fans with heart eyes after Carabao etc.
Weghorst loves all the clubs he's currently at. He also really loved FC Twente. Until Ajax came and he went there. He now kisses the badge and makes the Amsterdam 3 crosses sign passionately.
 
I was expecting loads of teams in spain to be interesting after supposedly being one of the best attackers in the league according to some! ;)
 
I was expecting loads of teams in spain to be interesting after supposedly being one of the best attackers in the league according to some! ;)

Then they played a PL team in a final and he was just as poor as he was in the PL.

The issue is... people watch clips, saw his goals, which are amazing, but he had them at United too..

When you watch full 90 min games, you will see his performances were not much different to the PL. Its just that they were glorified as 2/3 good runs at Betis is highlighted the same as 2/3 mistakes at United.
 
Problem we have is that Spanish and Italian sides have no money. ETH might be our best chance but I actually would like Betis to somehow be able to afford him because he has settled well there
 
Having seen the PSR figures today, is there not a world where we prioritise cash over regulation in the context of Antony? Even if it counts as a loss, if it doesn’t impact our ability to sign our targets from a regulatory perspective, and gives us more leeway from a cash flow perspective, could that still be attractive? We don’t seem to be in much danger of a breach.
 
Having seen the PSR figures today, is there not a world where we prioritise cash over regulation in the context of Antony? Even if it counts as a loss, if it doesn’t impact our ability to sign our targets from a regulatory perspective, and gives us more leeway from a cash flow perspective, could that still be attractive? We don’t seem to be in much danger of a breach.
Agreed, been saying this for a while. Cash flow is the primary concern.
 
Transfer rumors have been quiet around him. Is no club interested in him? If we’re stuck with him, can he do a job for us with some newfound confidence?
He already did a job. Won the fa cup and qualified for Europa in 23/24.
 
Ok player, can play outside the premier League for certain but I wouldn't pay over 20m pounds for him personally. Not necessarily because that's his worth but sensing United are desperate to get rid.

Same could be said for Sancho and Rashford I'd just put out "we'll take him off your hands" type bids. Realistically you are doing United a favor.
 
Weghorst loves all the clubs he's currently at. He also really loved FC Twente. Until Ajax came and he went there. He now kisses the badge and makes the Amsterdam 3 crosses sign passionately.
When Hakim Ziyech started doing that at first I thought he told us to shove it all up our arses.
 
I was really hoping to start hearing Atletico's name linked. They are the one who I could see paying what we need.
It's mad to me that they haven't come in for him. He's perfect for them, and they don't mind spending money.
 
ffs....Betis talked all sorts of shit about how well he's done for them so fecking spend the money and buy this lad for 35m and just move him on
 
Prretty sure we briefly tried it for a game or two. He was pants to say the least, that and from what I remember he thought it beneath him to play as a wingback.
He moved to leftback late on in games twice under ETH. He was clearly not happy about it either time, but knuckled down and performed quite well in at least one of them (can't remember his performance in the second).

I don't think he played on the left at all under Amorim. Played at RWB four times I believe, once as a starter where he was poor and then three times as a sub where he was quite good. The good subs were all when he had Amad playing ahead of him and they combined quite well (Amad also improved in those games after Antony came on), whereas the game he started didn't have Amad.
 
Betis paid £21.5M for Denilson in 1998, surely they can stump up £32.5M for Antony in 2025.
That is their transfer record and they have not gone near it since. La Liga is pretty cash strapped outside of Barca, Real and Atletico. The Cardoso sale might help them to get close and honestly we should be willing to bend a bid on the 32.5 just to be fully shot of him, we can always protect ourselves by including a decent sell on clause if we give them a discount on the fee and hope to get it back if he does well and ends up moving on in another couple of years. I feel we ought to be motivated to find an arrangement that works for all parties here.
 
If we get Rashford, Garna, Sancho out the door and assuming we don't bring in any more fullbacks I think we could do a lot worse than keeping him as a WB rotation option.

For his all his many faults he is a hard worker in his defensive work. Could fill in as a 10 if we hit an injury crisis.

Even if he doesn't play we aren't exactly swamped with good offers atm
 
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