{"id":90860,"date":"2025-08-23T09:25:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T09:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/90860\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T09:25:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T09:25:08","slug":"fabrizio-romano-confirms-antony-talks-between-betis-and-man-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/90860\/","title":{"rendered":"Fabrizio Romano confirms Antony talks between Betis and Man United"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United have struggled to offload Antony this summer, with the 25-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football-espana.net\/2025\/08\/12\/real-betis-antony-return-desire-confirmed-man-united\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">determined to secure a return to Real Betis<\/a>. As things stand, Los Verdiblancos have been unable to reach the asking price set by the Premier League side, although work is being done in this regard.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football-espana.net\/2025\/08\/21\/real-betis-manager-manuel-pellegrini-gives-update-on-antony-future-manchester-united-need-to\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Betis head coach Manuel Pellegrini put pressure on Man United<\/a> to come closer to Betis\u2019 valuation of Antony, as Los Verdiblancos continue to hope that the Brazil international will make his return before the summer transfer window. And it looks like positive movement is being made.<\/p>\n<p>As per <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1959149607872528739\" rel=\"nofollow\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a>, Betis are still working on a deal for Antony, and talks remain ongoing with Man United. Specifically, it is the structure that is the sticking point, with Los Verdiblancos prioritising another loan agreement.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"949\" height=\"529\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Antony-2.jpg\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-298363 has-webp\" alt=\"Antony has been in scintillating form for Betis.\"  data- style=\"aspect-ratio:949\/529;max-width:949px\"\/>Image via Fernando Vazquez\/Vwpics\/VW Pics via ZUMA Press Wire<\/p>\n<p>Man United have Antony as one of their priorities to be sold this summer, alongside the likes of Jadon Sancho and Alejandro Garnacho \u2013 Marcus Rashford was also part of this group prior to joining Barcelona on a season-long loan. Betis are aware of their desperation, which is why they believe that a deal will eventually be done on their terms.<\/p>\n<p>Betis will face competition for Antony\u2019s signature<\/p>\n<p>Despite this, it will not be straightforward for Betis to get their man. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football-espana.net\/2025\/07\/25\/saudi-pro-league-real-betis-antony-hopes-fade\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Saudi Pro League clubs want to sign Antony<\/a>, while it has now been reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.estadiodeportivo.com\/futbol\/betis\/fenerbahce-manchester-united-acuerdo-sin-antony-20250822-508838.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ED<\/a> that Fenerbahce are prepared to meet Man United\u2019s demands, which are set at \u20ac45m for a permanent deal.<\/p>\n<p>This could create some concern within the Betis offices, although they retain Antony\u2019s desire to make a return to Andalusia. It\u2019s expected that he will only look elsewhere if a move to La Cartuja is no longer possible, so it is imperative for Los Verdiblancos that they reach an agreement with Man United.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United have struggled to offload Antony this summer, with the 25-year-old determined to secure a return to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":90861,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-90860","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-soccer","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}