Antony | Here we go! €100mill, contract until June 2027, option 'til 2028.

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Ownership resolved in what way? As in, what are you expecting to happen?

I'm still not convinced they'll sell to anybody other than these hedge fund types. I hope I'm wrong but I can't imagine them selling part of the club to somebody like Ratcliffe, who will constantly be challenging them and pushing to take the lot.
I believe they will sell the club outright and the wheels are already in motion. Pure speculation on my part though, probably wishful thinking to some degree too.
 

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I believe they will sell the club outright and the wheels are already in motion. Pure speculation on my part though, probably wishful thinking to some degree too.
I hope so. There's a lot of smoke right now and the sale of Chelsea with the rumoured 100+ interested consortiums has to have caught their attention. I think they've realised that they can't afford any longer to run the club how they are. The investment into PL clubs will force us further out of the picture unless we can match or beat their spending.

It's just a question of whether they sell part of the club to give them funds to invest, or sell completely. I just have no faith in them giving up their grip on the club.

Though having said that, I did feel they were interested in selling when the Saudis were interested a year or two ago.
 

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I would like Antony to stay at Ajax, but i would also not mind if they sell big. Because Ajax unlike Utd is able to sign players. I'm not worried at all, i just find it hilarious that people here are so delusional that they think every players wants to go to United so will make a fuss to facilitate the move :lol:
I’m convinced this transfer is happening as there’s a few of you Ajax fans getting rattled about it!
 

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I hope so. There's a lot of smoke right now and the sale of Chelsea with the rumoured 100+ interested consortiums has to have caught their attention. I think they've realised that they can't afford any longer to run the club how they are. The investment into PL clubs will force us further out of the picture unless we can match their spending.

It's just a question of whether they sell part of the club to give them funds to invest, or sell completely. I just have no faith in them giving up their grip on the club.

Though having said that, I did feel they were interested in selling when the Saudis were interested a year or two ago.
The biggest factor that will push Glazers to selling is the fact the value of the club is gradually dropping (share price). They probably won’t get a better offer in price than they would now. The worse condition the club is in the further the price will drop.
 

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The biggest factor that will push Glazers to selling is the fact the value of the club is gradually dropping (share price). They probably won’t get a better offer in price than they would now. The worse condition the club is in the further the price will drop.
Could they believe that they can sell £1b (for example) of shares, invest into squad, facilities etc and increase value again? This would allow them to keep the train moving, so to speak.
 

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Plays more on the left, doesn't he? Also, he's not got the goalscoring ability of Antony, in my opinion. Which is the main point of inverted wingers. Good player, no doubt. But different to Antony and surely would cost a lot too.
I thought he played off the right and Jota was left. I could be Wrong
 

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I thought he played off the right and Jota was left. I could be Wrong
I'm not sure, I haven't watched them regularly and avoid MOTD etc these days. Noticed him on the left quite a bit when I have seen them, and checked his stats for this season and it looks like he's been playing on the left. Always felt he was more of a 'go down the outside and whip in a cross' type player, rather than 'cut in and shoot'.
 

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Could they believe that they can sell £1b (for example) of shares, invest into squad, facilities etc and increase value again? This would allow them to keep the train moving, so to speak.
They’ve shown no willingness to invest in that way before. They’d pocket at least half then throw scraps at the club.
 

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I’m convinced this transfer is happening as there’s a few of you Ajax fans getting rattled about it!
I'm not rattled at all. I don't want Ajax to sell but i want United to buy. So i'm happy whatever the outcome. So that makes it easy to have a rather neutral view on the deal.
 

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They’ve shown no willingness to invest in that way before. They’d pocket at least half then throw scraps at the club.
With the looming economic crisis, I expect just this. They'll pocket most of it, maybe throw a 100m on a couple players to appease fans and slither away with the rest.
 

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IF we see multiple big money links in next couple of weeks (daft things like Casemiro, De Jong AND Antony/Felix) then maybe there's something in a serious investment from outta nowhere.
 

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Could they believe that they can sell £1b (for example) of shares, invest into squad, facilities etc and increase value again? This would allow them to keep the train moving, so to speak.
1. There's no smart investor that will invest a mammoth £1Bn to only have "Part Ownership" of a stagnating franchise working along The Glazers(negative PR) in the process. All or nothing not in between
2. It's The Glazers we're talking about. If they receive that much most of it will go into their pockets
 

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Not a dig at you but I’m unsure why everyone seems to think there’s no money?

Or this is the De Jong money, or Casemiro money..

At this point it’s beyond stupid to think that. It’s clear there is money. The player profiles are all different positions all of which we need.
I guarantee they aren’t spending beyond 65m on more than one player. United don’t spend those sums and never have
 

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Pretty sure this is not only dead in the water but also that the sharks have already attacked!
 

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Glazers are just throwing around a lot of leaks to appease the fans for the Liverpool game.
 

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Imagine if this is true, there are actually some people at charge of Manchester United that thought that waiting till August or deadline day, they would get a better deal? I mean imagine the logic in this crap.
 

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Glazers are just throwing around a lot of leaks to appease the fans for the Liverpool game.
Doesn’t that just make fans even more irate than they already are when it obviously doesn’t come off? Stupid tactic.
 

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If we now go and pay way over the original early summer price then what kind of message is this?

Desperate and clueless…..
 

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Antony would be a very good signing for us, But we need at least another 3 top players with him. RB, DM, CF,
 

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Aint no way you're getting Antony guys haha. There's just no way, unless you pay our feckoff 100 million. I think he does not want to go now also to Manchester.
 

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I'll wait for the inevitable message that United are "baffled" by the rumours of bidding 80 millions euros for him.
 

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Clearly a marketing ploy to line-up the 3 Tony's upfront. Deal pay's for itself!
 

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Paying this amount of money for a player like Anthony with mediocre stats in the Eredivisie is delusional.
It would, thank God his stats in the Eredivisie aren't mediocre.

If you have nearly 2 g/a every 3 full games as a winger, you are doing well.
 

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Just buy him. Who cares. I'm beyond the point where the price matters, I just want the right players.
You don't know he's the right player. He's had 1 decent season in a league that's on par with the Championship.
 

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Aint no way you're getting Antony guys haha. There's just no way, unless you pay our feckoff 100 million. I think he does not want to go now also to Manchester.
Didn't he literally say he'll follow Ten Hag anywhere?
 

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I'm not rattled at all. I don't want Ajax to sell but i want United to buy. So i'm happy whatever the outcome. So that makes it easy to have a rather neutral view on the deal.
This exactly!

Ajax already has proper replacements in the squad as it is..
 

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I don’t care how much players cost. Just buy him, and all the others. Buy everyone. Antony, De Jong, Casemiro, Felix, Arnautovic, Rabiot, Schneider, Neves, Pulisic. Get them all.
 
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