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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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I think Cristiano Ronaldo (at least in '09) is of a different opinion. Tbf, if Antony proves to be a world beater in the next few season and Real/Barca come knocking, I wouldn't be surprised if he did the same to us.
Sod the price. The money either lines the Glazers’ pockets or goes towards players.
We need a left footed right winger and this lad is champing at the bit to play for us. Good news.
We need a left footed right winger and this lad is champing at the bit to play for us. Good news.
Moussa dembele at Lyon wouldn't. He's in his last year of his contract and isn't resigning.
Schreuder left Club Brugge after 6 months, that's loyalty though.
Just because you dont take everything you read as truth doesn't mean you support the decision makers or think its a good deal. Its like if I choose to not believe flat earthers then I love all governments because they are lying to us. Well no. Its possible governments are arseholes and flat earth is nonsense. Fan channels and gossip columns are not 100 percent true. Sure a small percent might be but the sooner you realize a large majority is made up or guesswork the happier your life will be. At the very least dont go spreading around nonsense everywhere as fact.
Thought he would be around €25m
I think we need to prepare ourselves mentally for a player that isn’t worth the price we’ve paid but he’s a player we need late in the window and it’s someone who the manager trusts to come straight into his system and make a difference.
If he does that well, then it could mean the team is doing well also.
Ronaldo left with everyone being pretty understanding though. We didn't want him to go, but when they offered the world record bid, we said "fair enough, off you go". He won everything he could at United. Antony won all he could at Ajax too.
Or just not worry and enjoy signing a young and extremely talented player?
That as well but 2 games in there will be a swell of people saying we were conned by Ajax and start making Dortmund comparisons to their players that we’ve signed
He's so pissed I love it.Tweet
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Also so many people on here are gonna hate Antony
Wait til he does his spin thing and loses the ball, people will be fuming. All good though the potential is huge.This guy acts like he isn't working for a side that are financial kings in their league, dominating through purchases made by money that other clubs in their league can't afford to make.
They are idiots though so who cares?
People will cry about the price
But Antony and Sancho on opposite flanks is exciting stuff
Both 22 and born just a month apart too
But Antony and Sancho on opposite flanks is exciting stuff
Both 22 and born just a month apart too
Missing the point though? Paying over the odds like this means the money will be lining the Glazers’ pockets in the future when we miss out on future talent because clubs are asking for insane money, because look what we paid for Anthony.
Also puts massive pressure on the player to immediately perform when he should be given time and patience given he’s a relative unknown from the Dutch league who will need to adjust to PL football.
We can’t sod the price. It’s an issue and has repeatedly been a problem in the past.
I don’t mate, but as always people should probably check their expectations when it comes to new signings from a different league. Personally I think he’s going to do well here but he might need some time to settle in.
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Sign Antonio as back up
Businesswomen won.
Your opinion Mr van Gaal?
I’m still struggling with why the price is such a big deal here in comparison to what other clubs have spent this season and previously?
Nunez €100m, Fofana €89m, Cucerella €75m.. all same kind of age.
Consider we are late in the window and the premium you pay for a forward I’m not sure why there’s such a song and dance for United paying what is basically market value
Ten Hag should be sacked if he doesn't play like that at least once this season.Anthony Martial
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Sign Antonio as back up
Can't wait for the juicy Anthony-Anthony-Antony front 3 in EL
It’s not, just a general statement. I don’t care who you likeI doubt my opinion is this important to fans, but I'll take it
OH now he doesn't want to talk about Antony. Couple of days ago he was happily taking all the questions related to Antony and not talking a single bit about their CL draw. He sounds so bitter now.He's so pissed I love it.Tweet
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Also so many people on here are gonna hate Antony
Nah I think we are so used to seeing our players lose the ball, we'd be surprised if he doesn't. But when he pulls it off? OT will be off there seatsAlso so many people on here are gonna hate Antony
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Schreudenfreude.
More like Antony just doesn’t want to play for Ajax anymore
Transfer fees fluctuate every summer. Us paying a big fee for Antony won’t make any difference to future targets, no more than it did when we spent big on Maguire.
The bigger issue for us would be failing to bring in a player who may be important for us in a position of need. Ten Hag needs to win football matches, and if he does, the financials will take care of themselves.
I was thinking that. Hank's a likeable guy though. At the end at least.
Can we give Antony 7? Just for the lols of seeing how Ronaldo would react.
I think it was here where I read that Ajax don't actually make a great deal of money from this potential transfer, is that right ?
Absolutely crazy fee, I didn't think we'd go that far. After years we've finally got a right winger again though. Let's just hope he's even half as good as the fee suggests.
Slightly nervous that we don't have the right strikers to make the best use of this signing.
Everything behind and around the striker is looking better. But, I'm still looking at this side and am wondering where the goals are going to come from.
Next signing needs to be somebody to play up top.
Ah, he's bound to be frustrated. He's just new in post and he's lost his best players. It's a no-brainer for Ajax from a business point of view, though (thank you Susan).
If he wants to work in football just for the love of the game, he needs to go to a minor Dutch side who don't get their players poached by big English clubs. But then, he'd get hardly any salary in that scenario. It is what it is, he has to get over it.
I don't give a shit about fan channels and gossip columns. I only follow a few select journalists like Stone, Ornstein, Whitwell and Romano, that's it. Now I personally hate Romano for a lot of different reasons, but I concede he's a decent source to stay up to date. If those people in June/July say Ajax want €80m, I, as a fan, have no reason to doubt them. That's it. How you have managed to drag Goldbridge, flat earthers, governments and what not into this, I don't know.
Not a midfield controller then?
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