{"id":2831,"date":"2025-06-21T16:39:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T16:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/2831\/"},"modified":"2025-06-21T16:39:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T16:39:09","slug":"man-uniteds-antony-offered-surprise-serie-a-escape-route-as-winger-outlines-betis-stance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/2831\/","title":{"rendered":"Man United&#8217;s Antony &#8216;offered&#8217; surprise Serie A escape route as winger outlines Betis stance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Serie A side Como reportedly enter the race to sign Manchester United winger Antony, amid links over a return to Real Betis.<\/p>\n<p>Serie A side <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/football\/como\/\" title=\"More Como\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong class=\"autotag\">Como<\/strong><\/a> have reportedly emerged as a surprise contender to sign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/football\/man-utd\/\" title=\"More Manchester United\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong class=\"autotag\">Manchester United<\/strong><\/a> winger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/people\/antony\/\" title=\"More Antony\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong class=\"autotag\">Antony<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old has failed to live up to expectations since he joined Man United from Ajax in a \u00a385m deal in the summer of 2022.<\/p>\n<p>After being deemed surplus to requirements, Antony was sent out on loan to Spanish side <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/football\/betis\/\" title=\"More Real Betis\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong class=\"autotag\">Real Betis<\/strong><\/a> for the second half of last term.<\/p>\n<p>Antony enjoyed a successful loan stint in Andalusia, scoring nine goals and five assists in 26 competitive appearances for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/people\/manuel-pellegrini\/\" title=\"More Manuel Pellegrini\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong class=\"autotag\">Manuel Pellegrini<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s side.<\/p>\n<p>The Brazil international helped the club reach the Conference League final and secure Europa League qualification via a sixth-place finish.<\/p>\n<p class=\"imgI\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Como coach Cesc Fabregas on February 23, 2025\" class=\"vanilla-lazyload article-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/https:\/\/sportsmole-media-prod.s3.gra.io.cloud.ovh.net\/25\/11\/cesc-fabregas.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Como enter Antony race<\/p>\n<p>Los Verdiblancos are keen to re-sign the 25-year-old, although they have to negotiate a deal with Man United because there was no buy option in the loan agreement.<\/p>\n<p>According to journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1936158438758797468\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a>, Italian Como are rivalling Betis in the race to sign the Man United winger this summer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/people\/cesc-fabregas\/\" title=\"More Cesc Fabregas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong class=\"autotag\">Cesc Fabregas<\/strong><\/a>&#8216; side are clearly keen to push on from last season&#8217;s 10th place finish, having already splashed the cash to sign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/people\/martin-baturina\/\" title=\"More Martin Baturina\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong class=\"autotag\">Martin Baturina<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/people\/alex-valle\/\" title=\"More Alex Valle\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong class=\"autotag\">Alex Valle<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/people\/ignace-van-der-brempt\/\" title=\"More Ignace Van Der Brempt\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong class=\"autotag\">Ignace Van der Brempt<\/strong><\/a> and Fellipe Jack.<\/p>\n<p>Como have made an effort to make Antony one of their new additions, but they appear to be trailing Betis in the battle to sign the Brazilian.<\/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\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/https:\/\/sportsmole-media-prod.s3.gra.io.cloud.ovh.net\/25\/22\/antony.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Antony prioritising Betis move<\/p>\n<p>Antony has made it clear to Man United that his first priority is to complete a return to Betis ahead of the 2025-26 season.<\/p>\n<p>Betis supporters are keen for Antony to return to the club after he became a fan favourite during his loan stint at the Benito Villamarin.<\/p>\n<p>Los Verdiblancos are believed to be <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/football\/man-utd\/transfer-talk\/news\/betis-put-together-co-ownership-plan-for-antony-after-man-united-talks_575636.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">working on a deal<\/a> <\/strong>to re-sign the attacker, although the two clubs are yet to reach an agreement over a deal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Antony will hope the two sides can agree a move sooner rather than later, especially as he will be left out of Man United&#8217;s squad for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/football\/man-utd\/news\/amorim-ready-to-cut-four-man-united-players-from-pre-season-tour_575926.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">next month&#8217;s pre-season tour <\/a><\/strong>of the USA.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>ID:575958:1false2false3false: from db desktop :LenBod:collect4006:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Serie A side Como reportedly enter the race to sign Manchester United winger Antony, amid links over a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2832,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[3783,3778,3779,1318,1461,1430,3782,1232,3777,220,3776,221,1926,62,3781,3780,1464,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-2831","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-como","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-soccer","20":"tag-sport","21":"tag-sports","22":"tag-sports-mole","23":"tag-teams","24":"tag-tennis","25":"tag-united-states","26":"tag-unitedstates","27":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114722345178492352","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}