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What next for Antony? Man Utd face being ground down by Real Betis with wantaway winger in transfer limbo after setting heart on return

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<p>After seeing <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/antony-betis-creative-proposal-desperate-bid-man-utd-brazil-winger-accepts-pay-cut-agree-long-term-contract/blt6ac16e7e67b59794" target="_blank">Antony impress on loan at Betis</a> last season, helping them to the Conference League final, United had been hoping to find a suitor willing to take the Brazil international on a permanent basis.</p>

WHAT HAPPENED?

<p>Antony has <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/man-utd-excluding-bomb-squad-players-first-team-training-return-us-pre-season-tour/blt5bcfa80f85a82b64" target="_blank">no part to play in Ruben Amorim’s plans at Old Trafford</a>, meaning that he is being left in limbo during pre-season. No formal bids have arrived for the 25-year-old, making it <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/bargain-new-antony-price-tag-revealed-man-utd-huge-loss-85m-flop-loan-real-betis/blt80215c5bdeb88c2b" target="_blank">impossible for the Red Devils to generate the funds they crave</a>.</p>

THE BIGGER PICTURE

<p>According to <a href="https://www.abc.es/ " target="_blank"><em>ABC Sevilla</em></a>, Betis will look to use that situation to their advantage. They have made it clear that they <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/real-betis-threaten-walk-away-antony-deal-other-targets-compromise-man-utd/bltb55d520bcccd6c37" target="_blank">want to take Antony on a season-long deal</a> that includes no obligation to buy.</p>

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<p>It is claimed that a “strategy of attrition” is being implemented, as “Betis will wait until the end of the transfer window to secure another loan”. ABC report that “the Verdiblancos drew up a plan that is expected to be implemented only in the final stretch of the transfer window”.</p>

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<p>If the matter does drag on towards deadline day, then Betis will discuss a purchase clause that gives them the chance to acquire Antony at a “heavily discounted rate”, allowing them to move the South American on “for a big profit” at a later date.</p>

WHAT NEXT FOR ANTONY?

What next for Antony? Man Utd face being ground down by Real Betis with wantaway winger in transfer limbo after setting heart on return | Goal.com

Manchester United face being ground down by Real Betis in Antony’s transfer saga, with the Liga giants willing to wait on a loan agreement.

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