Neymar is one of the best players of the 21st century. If Antony is half as good as prime Neymar we will be happy.
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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good point, I did actually forget that.
Interesting how transfer rumours of Rashford and Maguire leaving United surfaced last week. It’s possible those 2 knew that their starting place is under threat. Antony will start regularly with that kind of price tag. Does anyone know what his injury record is like?
The fee is £77m (€90m) and if all the add-ons kick in, it rises to £84m (€99m).
This sounds like way over the top for a player we may be taking a big risk on.
Let’s hope he’s our new Ronaldo or something close.
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This sounds like way over the top for a player we may be taking a big risk on.
Let’s hope he’s our new Ronaldo or something close.
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Ooooo saucy
Lawsuit.?
Awesome signing, will improve us massively. Have about the same feeling as I have with Martinez regarding the fee, and what he will bring to us. Antony doesn't have major weaknesses in his game for that position I'd even say. Can't wait to see him play for us, hope the constant talk about the fee stops soon.
Ajax cost 360….
For those asking for alternatives, FBref names the following as statistically similar to Antony:
Riyad Mahrez
Ángel Di María
Kingsley Coman
Serge Gnabry
Hakim Ziyech
Leroy Sané
Lorenzo Insigne
Florian Wirtz
Neymar
Ousmane Dembélé
From this list, arguably only Coman, Gnabry and Dembele are "gettable" and high quality (I'm not familiar with Wirtz), and Bayern likely would have fleeced us for them too. ETH's familiarity with Antony puts him at the top of the list, so I think he's the best signing we could have asked for in his position.
Riyad Mahrez
Ángel Di María
Kingsley Coman
Serge Gnabry
Hakim Ziyech
Leroy Sané
Lorenzo Insigne
Florian Wirtz
Neymar
Ousmane Dembélé
From this list, arguably only Coman, Gnabry and Dembele are "gettable" and high quality (I'm not familiar with Wirtz), and Bayern likely would have fleeced us for them too. ETH's familiarity with Antony puts him at the top of the list, so I think he's the best signing we could have asked for in his position.
Well said.
Right, no H got it. It’s Antoney.Why do so many people insist on adding an extra letter to his name? There is no “h” in his name, it’s ANTONY not ANTHONY.
It would be criminal to lose Garnacho, it's a shame our failing first team is costing us young talent.
None of them
After looking at Liverpool & Southampton game, we definitely need a signing like Antony which can add some attacking threat to the front three and to avoid us coming short whenever one of the players gets injured. He will inject some fire upfront the way he plays, he definitely has the X factor and I’m not getting bogged down with the price tag, if we have a player like Antony for the next 5 years then it’s exiting times ahead.
Lets go Murtough. Get FDJ or another creative midfielder of similar caliber and I will start to dream about winning the league this season.
Garnacho won’t leave
Huge financial outlay but he seems very determined to be here and make a name for himself. Clearly we have over paid but we'll see. Pressure to perform.
A fair few of them signed up after he signed for us, lord knows if they really have any knowledge or are opposition fans out trolling. I'd say it's pretty amazing how quickly he's settled, hopefully Antony can do the same, who knows.
Elanga is still young (20yrs) and still has development potential.
Rashford will be 25yrs in a couple of months time.
There’s plenty of evidence that he’s probably shown all that he’s got in his bag already and has been struggling to produce consistent form for a long time.
If you’re going to cash-in, which one will fetch the best return?
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This reminds me of the time I left my Christmas shopping until Christmas Eve and ended up spending 100 quid on some hipster perfume for my girlfriend out of desperation.
It fecking stank.
It fecking stank.
Anyone getting pre-obesity Eden Hazard vibes from Antony?
This is a signing that really excites me. Sort of winger that is synonymous with the club. FdJ is world-class, but Antony was the one we were linked to early on in the window that I was hoping we'd get.
Yes, we've overpaid due to poor timing but I'm just glad we have him.
A backup GK and a number 9 would make this a very impressive window, albeit handled poorly. Getting the likes of Antony and Casemiro in 4/5 games into the season helps no one.
Yes, we've overpaid due to poor timing but I'm just glad we have him.
A backup GK and a number 9 would make this a very impressive window, albeit handled poorly. Getting the likes of Antony and Casemiro in 4/5 games into the season helps no one.
Incorrect it's 2025, may leave on loan but certainly won't leave unless the club wishes it.
100m?? Jesus Christ.
Hopefully it aint like the rest of our insane spending transfers (Maguire Sancho ) to get going. Exciting nonetheless!
Hopefully it aint like the rest of our insane spending transfers (Maguire Sancho ) to get going. Exciting nonetheless!
Both the MEN and the Mirror reported that he signed his first professional contract in July 2021, which takes him to 2025.
https://www.manchestereveningnews.c...hester-united-garnacho-transfer-news-24180407
https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/alejandro-garnacho-man-utd-contract-27195399
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Yep, a player with massive potential that already plays to a good level. Exciting. Left footed RW. 4 years younger than FDJ. Was desperate to join....
Ridiculously good signing. FDJ can enjoy failing to reach the hype at Barcelona, as he already has done.
Forget Titanic, you want to see a real true love story ?
Antony has little effect on Rashford, other than maybe shifting Sancho to left as a competition for Rashford. Rashford plays on left wing, Antony is a right-winger, very valuable left-footed right-winger at that (so extremely unlikely to play him elsewhere).
On the right wing our star was supposed to be Sancho. It will be extremely weird if we bench Sancho. More likely - Ten Hag will continue playing him on the left, as he has been, now that Rashford has been starting in a striker role. Sancho on the left is considered to be highly non-ideal but has been done in the past. Definitely less horrible than playing Rashford as striker, who is definitely not a good striker and will never be.
Overall - it is very unclear why a winger was a priority over a striker, given that Ronaldo is leaving (or unable to play anymore). The only explanation is - Ten Hag loves Antony expects to get a lot of goals from him and the attitude and winning mentality missing from our squad, so striker problem be damned. Which... maybe that's the best we can do with our moronic executives, but it would be more acceptable if we signed him for 50M in May. A 100M price tag is a striker price tag, world-class one at that.
£84m
So I was wrong on the price but it doesn’t for me change the rest.
There isn’t a RW left footed better suited on the market for what we need. We’ve got the best man for the job coming through the door. That is progress.
Elanga - yes
Rashford I think will get plenty of game time. As long as Martial is injured he will be the main man up front imo, and when/if Martial is fit, Rashford will be an alternative as a striker or as a left winger competing with Sancho.
Yeah like Dembele, Neymar, Coutinho and Joao Felix.
Garnacho signed his first professional contract last year when he turned 17. He's got another 3 years left on the 4 year deal he signed last year, and the club are already trying to extend it beyond 2025.
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Draxler is still a very good player and would easy show it if he would play more.
Garnacho should get Elanga spot
That price is absolutely crazy.
But we desperately needed another good attacker, hopefully he will make the price worth it in the end.
But we desperately needed another good attacker, hopefully he will make the price worth it in the end.
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