I do think we will sell him mate. We need to make a good net profit as weve spent a shitload and I think Antony is actively pushing for the transfer behind the scenes. Plus with Conceiçao we have a good new RW.
We will be in a transition year anyhow.
We've already made a good net profit. We don't need to sell Antony.
Antony may or may not be pushing, but so far there have not been any real offers anyway. So far it's not been more than rumours. I don't see United offering anything close to €80m and as long as that doesn't happen it doesn't matter what Antony does or not.
Martinez alledgedly started pushing behind the scenes when United €45m. It did nothing, except Ajax eventually accepted €67m. I foresee the same scenario with Antony. Ajax won't take any bid below €70m seriously and Antony's will be (made) aware of that. At €70m-80m Ajax may be pushed to negatiate as Ajax was pushed to negotiate when €45m was bid for Martinez. That however not mean Ajax will give in a lot. Based on experience in the Martinez saga, I don't think Ajax will be selling for much less than €80m fixed + bonusses taking it to €90-100m.
Conceicao was bought to adjust behind Antony for one year. Ajax has evolved now. We don't want to sell our star player and then take a gamble on Conceicao. We're past that stage. We're now bringing in a talent a year before so he cab prove he's up for it. If he's not convincing enough we can bring someone else in next year when Antony is sold.
If Ihattaren didn't have this bad situation again, I could've seen us selling Antony. He was doing very well in pre-season. If he had been able to show that progress in the rest of pre-season I could've imagined Ajax to sell Antony in order to make room for Ihattaren. However we now can't count on him anymore, at least not in the short term. This will also be another reason why the pricetag on Antony has risen. If Antony will be sold, we're going to have to bring in another player. This will be very hard and expensive in august.
I just can't see it happening. It will take an outrageous fee for Ajax to sell and I don't see why United would do that. To be honest, United has other priorities in my opinion. Antony is great, but spending this amount on a RW would be quite stupid when the same amount can land United a starting player in CM and RB.