{"id":213117,"date":"2025-06-25T12:27:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T12:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/213117\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T12:27:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T12:27:12","slug":"manchester-united-might-be-about-to-be-given-the-antony-transfer-boost-they-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/213117\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United might be about to be given the Antony transfer boost they needed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Man United hope to sell a crop of attackers this summer and Antony is one of them.\"AntonyReal Betis want to re-sign Antony.(Image: Fran Santiago – UEFA\/UEFA via Getty Images.)<\/p>\n

Real Betis are on the cusp of selling midfielder Johnny Cardoso, potentially boosting their chances of signing Manchester United winger Antony.<\/p>\n

According to Italian journalist Fabrizio Romano, Betis are very close to finalising the sale of Cardoso to La Liga counterparts Atletico Madrid for a fee in excess of \u20ac30million (\u00a325.6m).<\/p>\n

The USA international has been heavily linked with a move to the Spanish capital in recent weeks and it now appears as though a deal is very close to being finalised. It is reported he has agreed to sign a five-year contract.<\/p>\n

Amid the expectation that Betis are on the brink of banking \u00a325m, it could boost United’s chances of selling Antony this summer. He spent the second half of the 2024\/25 campaign at the Seville-based club and made a telling contribution.<\/p>\n

Racking up 26 appearances during his short-term stint at the Spanish outfit, Antony<\/a> scored nine goals and registered five assists, helping them reach the Europa Conference League final. Amid the successful nature of his loan spell, Betis are keen on re-signing him this summer.<\/p>\n

However, Betis president Angel Haro admitted last month they were looking into another loan deal for the former Ajax man, suggesting they would be unable to finance a permanent transfer.<\/p>\n

Haro said: “Keeping Antony as our own is very, very complicated. We’ll have a meeting with Manchester United<\/a> to extend the loan for another year, to be able to share a percentage of the player.<\/p>\n

“It’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

More recently, Betis chief executive Ramon Alarcon was asked about Antony and told Estadio Deportivo<\/a>: “Working, working\u2026 It’s still very early.<\/p>\n

\"AntonyAntony excelled during his short time at Real Betis.(Image: Jose Luis Contreras\/Dax Images\/NurPhoto via Getty Images.)<\/p>\n

“We’re going little by little, as there’s still a lot of market space to be filled. This is very long, and it hasn’t even really begun.”<\/p>\n

Antony enjoyed his time at Betis and is understood to be open to returning to the club. Furthermore, he is one of three players United are trying to sell as a priority this summer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

United need to sell him for \u00a332.58m to avoid a loss under the profit and sustainability rules (PSR). As a result of being close to banking north of \u00a325m for Cardoso, it is possible Betis may decide to use that money towards trying to sign Antony on a permanent basis instead of a loan.<\/p>\n

Currently earning around \u00a3150,000-a-week at United, Antony is prepared to take a 30 per cent wage cut to leave the club on a permanent basis this summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Man United hope to sell a crop of attackers this summer and Antony is one of them.Real Betis…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":213118,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[95,94,423,9060,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-213117","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-antony","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-manchester-united-fc","11":"tag-manchester-united-transfer-news","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114744003638807760","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213117","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=213117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}