Manchester United flop Antony has spoken out about his future after leaving for a loan move to Real Betis this January.
The Brazil international struggled to show his best form at Man Utd, despite previously looking like an outstanding young talent when he was on the books at his former club Ajax.
It remains to be seen if Antony can revive his career with Betis, but it seems he is at least feeling happier now after leaving Old Trafford this winter.
When asked about his situation and about potential talks over a permanent move, Antony said that would have to wait until later, with the player now just focusing on enjoying his football.
Antony hints he wasn’t happy at Manchester United
Antony certainly didn’t look very happy or confident at United, and his comments now suggest that might have been a major issue for him.
“I had other offers, but when Betis appeared I felt a certainty in my heart that made me stay calm. I am happy here and I want to achieve many goals,” the 24-year-old told AS.
“I am happy here for everyone, for the manager and the players. I feel calm and confident. I want to find my best version and the first step is to be happy. Everything here is incredible, my family and I are happy. Now it is time to work to be in my best version and help the club.
“I went through difficult times. If I have to stay longer, I would have to talk to the president and everything. And for now I want to play and score goals and give assists. I have to help the team, later we can talk about that.”
MUFC fans probably won’t be that desperate to see Antony come back to the club, so they’ll hope this loan can prove to be something of an opportunity for the former Ajax winger to put himself in the shop window and attract permanent bids this summer.
If all the players who have left for other clubs, show good performance in their new clubs, it would be ample proof to show that the manager then, Erik ten Hag and the current incumbent, Ruben Amorim were both incapable of getting the best out from the players.
Anthony was not the worst player at utd,players still there picking up their wages, making out they are injured they know who they are, no need to name them. Others who are defenders with no intelligence and can’t track back cause they can’t run. midfield is a joke, reason being no pride in the shirt, the club or themselves. I feel for Ariom he inherited this group of misfits, G.
Very ones who leave MU will be very happy cos of Amorim. I might give up as MU fan for so many years
Amorim lacks humility and intelligence just look at Slot at Liverpool. To come and try to change everything mid season is crazy. Slot made some adjustments and try improving his team not critisize them
Slot inherited a winning team, so what were you expecting him to do than to maintain the status quo?
Amorim on the other hand inherited a team that had lost confidence in themselves. So you can’t compare the two teams and their new coaches.
We need to re-examine the in-house personnel and appraise their performance relationship with the players and coaching team. Something must be missing there and will only take wisdom to unraveling the problem. Ever since the retirement of Sir Alex feguoson, no manager has really stamped his feet in good stead for two seasons. What a pity.
It’s getting to much stories about UTD. Since the involvement of “Ineos” who doesn’t know about football , they should have given Michael Carrick the chance to manage the club who basically knows the in and out of Man UTD.
PS: I am a fan of “Star Soccer” and the late
Hugh John is my favourite commentator.
Ruud V showed as caretaker the players were capable of working as one for the club but sadly wasn’t given the opportunity to prove his potential in the position. The club has failed to bring in the correct people while succeeding in losing the one man who proved the players could work together
I really don’t know what is the insistence that a coach should be chosen from Portugal for a Premier League team?
Don’t they see so many Premier League teams with successful coaches who have coached in this league for many years? Why isn’t a coach selected from the same league and be familiar with everything here?