It was a risky bet, but it is a bet that is being particularly successful. Leaving on the side of Andalusia to try to relaunch after several mediocre seasons in Manchester, the one who cost almost 100 million euros to the Red Devils is finding colors under the sun of the south of Spain. In seven meetings with Betis, he displays 3 goals and 2 assists on the clock.
Beyond the statistics, the sensations left on the ground are also very good, and we find this player capable of making differences that had delighted everyone in Ajax. A renewed form that makes Betis business, necessarily, but also of Manchester United. The Mancunians thus sent it to Spain in the hope of seeing its market value increase, and it is happening.
A price revised upwards
Sport explains that the Mancunian management is already preparing to welcome it this summer, to resell it in stride. The objective of the Mancunians is to get at least 50 million euros from it, which seemed unthinkable a few weeks ago. This is less than what had been paid for him in 2022, but it is a way of limiting breakage and also getting rid of a substantial salary.
Suffice to say for Betis, this promises to be practically impossible to keep it, Andalusians do not have the capacity to align themselves with such amounts. It remains to be seen which clubs will position themselves on the Brazilian international which is clearly reliving in Benito Villamarin, while the Spanish media already evokes the name of Juventus as the first candidate to recover it …
