{"id":205492,"date":"2025-06-22T16:08:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T16:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/205492\/"},"modified":"2025-06-22T16:08:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T16:08:16","slug":"man-united-attacker-willing-to-take-30-pay-cut-in-order-to-secure-old-trafford-departure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/205492\/","title":{"rendered":"Man United attacker &#8216;willing to take 30% pay cut&#8217; in order to secure Old Trafford departure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United attacker Antony is allegedly willing to take a 30% pay cut in order to leave the 20-time English champions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/football\/man-utd\/\" title=\"More Manchester United\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"autotag\">Manchester United<\/strong><\/a> attacker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/people\/antony\/\" title=\"More Antony\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"autotag\">Antony<\/strong><\/a> is reportedly willing to take a 30% pay cut in order to leave the 20-time English champions during this summer&#8217;s transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>The forward spent the second half of the 2024-25 campaign on loan at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/football\/betis\/\" title=\"More Real Betis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"autotag\">Real Betis<\/strong><\/a>, representing the Seville outfit on 26 occasions in all competitions, scoring nine goals and registering five assists in the process.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old consistently spoke of his happiness during his time in Seville, and he is believed to be determined to secure a permanent switch to Real Betis during the summer market.<\/p>\n<p>However, a move to Manuel Pellegrini&#8217;s side is complicated by the fact that Man United want at least \u00a332.5m for the ex-Ajax attacker.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Antony collects in the region of \u00a3150,000 a week at Old Trafford &#8211; wages that Real Betis would not be able to pay, especially after missing out on Champions League qualification for next term.<\/p>\n<p class=\"imgI\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Real Betis' Antony on May 27, 2025\" class=\"vanilla-lazyload article-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/https:\/\/sportsmole-media-prod.s3.gra.io.cloud.ovh.net\/25\/22\/antony.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Antony &#8216;willing to take pay cut&#8217; to secure Man United exit<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/sport\/football\/transfer-news\/antony-given-manchester-united-boost-31900064\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Manchester Evening News<\/strong><\/a>, Antony is prepared to take a 30% pay cut, significantly boosting Real Betis&#8217; chances of signing him during the summer market.<\/p>\n<p>Real Betis president Angel Haro recently said that signing Antony on a permanent basis would be &#8220;very, very complicated&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Haro told El Partidazo: &#8220;Keeping Antony as our own is very, very complicated. We&#8217;ll have a meeting with Manchester United to extend the loan for another year, to be able to share a percentage of the player.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s about seeing the willingness of the player and Manchester United. The first filter is set by Manchester, and then the negotiation of the player would come, but that\u2019s a long way off.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Besides, the player is now fully engaged, wanting to win a title with Betis. When the time comes and the season ends, he&#8217;ll be able to do his part if this option opens up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"imgI\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"On loan Manchester United winger Antony during Real Betis' game against Vitoria Guimaraes, on March 6, 2025\" class=\"vanilla-lazyload article-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/https:\/\/sportsmole-media-prod.s3.gra.io.cloud.ovh.net\/25\/10\/antony.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Could Antony yet stay at Man United?<\/p>\n<p>Antony&#8217;s form for Real Betis in the second half of last season was excellent, and he is Man United&#8217;s player until June 2027.<\/p>\n<p>However, it is incredibly difficult to imagine him remaining at Old Trafford this summer considering his struggles.<\/p>\n<p>Antony&#8217;s best work comes in a wide area, but Man United will again play with two number 10s next season, with head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/people\/ruben-amorim\/\" title=\"More Ruben Amorim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"autotag\">Ruben Amorim<\/strong><\/a> making it clear that he will not change his formation.<\/p>\n<p>The Brazil international needs to leave for the sake of his career, and there are other clubs in the mix, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/football\/atletico-madrid\/\" title=\"More Atletico Madrid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"autotag\">Atletico Madrid<\/strong><\/a> also believed to be keeping a close eye on his situation at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p>ID:576005:1false2false3false: from db desktop :LenBod:collect4022: <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/https:\/\/sportsmole-media-prod.s3.gra.io.cloud.ovh.net\/11\/49\/mattlaw.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United attacker Antony is allegedly willing to take a 30% pay cut in order to leave the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":205493,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[1029,4230,68644,94,707,2826,98,22138,7126,101,4151,93,79,68303,10938,1068,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-205492","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-atletico-madrid","9":"tag-cycling","10":"tag-epl","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-formula-1","13":"tag-golf","14":"tag-manchester-united","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-olympics","17":"tag-premier-league","18":"tag-rugby","19":"tag-sport","20":"tag-sports","21":"tag-sports-mole","22":"tag-teams","23":"tag-tennis","24":"tag-uk","25":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114727885921949032","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}