{"id":295227,"date":"2025-12-02T17:17:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T17:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/295227\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T17:17:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T17:17:10","slug":"man-utd-flop-sold-by-amorim-for-22m-is-linked-to-significant-real-madrid-transfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/295227\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd flop sold by Amorim for \u00a322m is linked to &#8216;significant&#8217; Real Madrid transfer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid have been linked with taking former Man Utd winger Antony to the Bernabeu in the near future following his good form at Real Betis.<\/p>\n<p>The Brazil international will go down as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/ranking-all-45-manchester-united-signings-since-ferguson-left\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">one of the worst signings in the club\u2019s history<\/a> after signing from Ajax for around \u00a385m in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Antony, who\u00a0only managed five goals and three assists in 62 Premier League appearances over three seasons, has been complaining in the Spanish and Brazilian media in recent months over his treatment at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/manchester-united\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man Utd<\/a>\u00a0but insists the experience will make him stronger.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Spanish newspaper\u00a0AS in October, Antony \u2013 who joined Real Betis permanently in the summer \u2013 said: \u201cI didn\u2019t speak much with Ruben Amorim; there wasn\u2019t much contact.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis decision to allow me to train separately was a given. But I had to respect it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday I\u2019m fine; I took care of myself by training well even though I was apart. After three months, I played 90 minutes, and that\u2019s the result of what I was working on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/manchester-united-shouldnt-be-happy-amorim-awful-abomination\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester United \u2018shouldn\u2019t be happy with band aid victory\u2019 after Amorim\u2019s Everton abomination<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cThe bad things I went through in England really strengthened me mentally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow I take better care of myself mentally because I know that when I\u2019m in a good frame of mind, things turn out well for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former Man Utd flop has found his feet in La Liga at Real Betis with the Brazilian contributing six goals and three assists in 13 matches in all competitions this season.<\/p>\n<p>And that has alerted another La Liga side in the form of Spanish giants Real Madrid <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/defensacentral.com\/fichajes\/colocan-antony-como-fichaje-real-madrid_326178_102.html\" target=\"_blank\">with Defensa Central claiming that<\/a> Los Blancos are \u2018considering a significant reinforcement for their attack\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>MORE MAN UTD COVERAGE ON F365\u2026<br \/>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/opinion-ferdinand-man-utd-star-razor-sharp-bench-afcon\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ferdinand urges Man Utd star to be \u2018razor sharp\u2019 for the bench during AFCON<\/a><br \/>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/man-utd-whitwell-reveals-four-transfers-january\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reliable journalist reveals the four transfers Man Utd could make in January<\/a><br \/>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/man-utd-arsenal-enzo-fernandez-chelsea-liverpool-man-city-title\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fernandez makes stunning Man Utd claim as he names four sides who can deny Arsenal the title<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Real Madrid are \u2018monitoring\u2019 former Man Utd winger Antony and the Spanish side are \u2018considering a loan move, although Betis are unlikely to let him go, as he has won the hearts of the fans and is now a true idol at the Benito Villamar\u00edn stadium.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>A transfer of that magnitude would signal a remarkable turnaround in fortunes for a player who was ridiculed for most of his time at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p>Antony also revealed recently that new Man Utd signing Matheus Cunha wanted him to stay at Old Trafford so the two Brazil internationals could play together at the Premier League club.<\/p>\n<p>Antony said on a recent international break: \u201cMatheus Cunha wanted me to play there with him, but the situation was already very difficult. I have a lot of affection for him.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Real Madrid have been linked with taking former Man Utd winger Antony to the Bernabeu in the near&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295228,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[1579,218,348,349,50,221,1705,1671,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-295227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-antony","tag-football","tag-home-page","tag-manchester-united","tag-news","tag-premier-league","tag-real-madrid","tag-soccer","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}