The worst recruitment in Manchester United's history → The best post-Manchester United effect ever in two consecutive games MOTM crazy turnaround

Feb 09, 2025

Are the players weird to be in Manchester United. Even Antony burst.

Real Betis, whose loan Antony left, lost 2-3 in the 23rd round of Celta Vigo's 2024-2025 season in Spain's La Liga at Estadio Avanka-Balaidos in Vigo, Spain, at 10 p.m. on the 8th (Korea time). The defeat failed Betis to reach the upper middle level.

The team lost, but there was a brilliant player. That's Antony. Antony is the worst recruit in Manchester United's history. In the 2022-2023 season, Manchester United appointed Erik ten Hag. Ten Hag wanted to transplant the football he had implemented at Ajax to Manchester United. He wanted to recruit a student who understood his soccer well.

At this time, he demanded that the leaders of Manchester United recruit Antony in Ajax. Antony was playing well for Ajax, but he was a winger who had not even settled for the Dutch league yet. Ajax didn't want to sell Antony, so he called a huge transfer fee for the ransom.

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Coach Ten Hach's insistence on the player and the inability of Manchester United's leadership have combined to bring Antony in a whopping 95 million euros (about 143 billion won). It is a huge amount, the second highest transfer fee ever for Manchester United. Antony has been reduced to a burden at Manchester United. In the first season, he couldn't pay for his money with 44 games, eight goals and three assists, and this was the highest point he showed at Manchester United.

Antony, who had privacy issues related to his girlfriend ahead of the 2023-2024 season, was unable to concentrate on the game. Still, coach Ten Hach consistently gave him a chance, but he couldn't repay him with the worst performance. In the end, he finished the season with a disastrous record of 3 goals and 2 assists in 39 games.

From the 2024-2025 season, coach Ten Hag did not try to use Antony. It was the same even after Ten Hach was replaced. With the arrival of a new holy man, Ahmad Diallo, at Manchester United, Antony was pushed out. Manchester United sent Antony on loan to reduce his weekly salary, and Antony was headed to Betis.

As soon as he transferred to Betis, Antony is very active. Antony did not even record an offensive point since his debut in Betis, but he was named the man of the game. He led Betis' attack by recording two shots and two key passes.

The team was defeated in the match against Celta, but Antony was brilliant. Antony joined the penalty box in the 10th minute. Betis' cross came up, and Celta's defense couldn't clear it properly. The ball came to Antony, who calmly scored his team's opening goal as he used a sensational shot inside the penalty box.

Betis lost when he allowed three goals down after an extra goal, but Betis fans could watch Antony's successful adaptation. Antony was named the man of the match for the second consecutive game. No one expected Antony, who was disastrous at Manchester United, to play so hard right away in La Liga.