From the big void to the great adventure, the border is sometimes thin. And the reverse also works. When he joined Manchester United in 2022 against 95 million euros, with all the promises born from his visit to Ajax Amsterdam, Antony was still unaware of the nightmare waiting for him. Two and a half years later, 12 small goals and barely more “toupies”, the Brazilian became the laughingstock of the British press.
And this winter, his club did not give him so much choice, as for Marcus Rashford. Pushed towards the exit by Amorim, Antony therefore joined the Betis Seville in the form of a loan, which allowed Manchester United to make significant savings on his hearty salary. But as for others before him (Di Maria, Falcao, Depay, Mkhitalyan to name a few), we must now laugh yellow on the side of Mancunian supporters.
He is acclaimed in Spain
“Antony, a factor of hope”already wrote AS After his first match against Bilbao 10 days ago (2-2). He has placed the cursor even higher since. Despite his own defeat against Celta Vigo last weekend (3-2), the 23-year-old striker had the show on his side. He had returned the image of a player full of personality, passion, and envy, far from that in lack of confidence, who played with handbrakes, and pointed out for his nonchalance in the Red Devils . Faced with the Galicians, he even offered himself a nice goal to open the scoring (10th), before reissuing last night. It was this time in another context: during a Europa Conference League dam against the Gantoise (0-3).
Her little gem to unlock the situation, again, said a lot about his current confidence. “In my heart, I knew I would be super happy in Betis, I was 100%convinced. When you are happy, everything is better, it's natural “he declared after the match, in reference to his last months of galley under the orders of Ruben Amorim. “The beginning of the dream of Antony at Real Betis continued on Thursday with a beautiful goal at the Dam the Conference League of the Spanish club in Gand“Wrote the Daily Mirrorwhile the Andalusian newspaper Estadio Deportivo ignited: “The beginnings of the Brazilian winger are prodigious. Antony is an illuminated, as indicated by his tattoo under Adam's apple ”. Reader Add: “The Brazilian continues to shine since his arrival. When the leaders notified Pellegrini the possibility of bringing Antony this winter, the Chilean never hesitated ”. The player either, moreover, and he should not go around in circles either if the opportunity to spend the summer under the Andalusian sun was offered to him.
