Manchester United are understood to have agreed loan Antony at Real Betis for the remainder of the season.
The Brazilian misfit arrived at United for a fee in excess of £80m in the summer of 2022 but has struggled desperately to live up to that hefty price tag. Antony fell from grace under his former boss Ajax Erik has Hag and he has only been granted two titles by the Dutchman’s successor, Ruben Amorim.
Antony went on sale this month and initially attracted interest of the Greek outfit Olympiacos. However, La Liga side Real Betis were the most persistent suitors and have now reached a verbal agreement with United and the winger. Fabrizio Romano reports
The deal is still subject to a medical completed with final documents being checked, but the three parties are believed to have agreed a six-month loan with no buyout clause included. At the end of June, Anthony he will return to United again.
Betis have lost their last three games and are mired in the bottom half of the game The league table. However, the team managed by former Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini are still in a better position than United.
Antony only came on for the last six minutes for the Red Devils. Desolate defeat by 3-1 in Brighton on Sunday afternoon. After overseeing the club’s tenth defeat of the league season, described Amorim the current team as “perhaps the worst team in the history of Manchester United”.
Despite this terrible run of form and the imminent departure of Antony and fellow striker Marcus Rashford, the Premier League strugglers have not been heavily linked with any January arrivals. Instead, United are believed to have made every player in the squad available for sale to raise funds before Amorim can accommodate any arrivals this summer.
