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Paul Parker has launched a scathing critique of Antony whereas contending the Brazilian winger might depart Manchester United to hitch a Saudi Professional League membership.
The previous-player-turned pundit indicated he didn’t imagine Antony “will ever be adequate” to make the grade at Previous Trafford. He might additionally “positively see [Antony] transferring to Saudi Arabia.”
The 22-year-old has struggled since his costly transfer from Ajax in the summertime of 2022.
Although the scouting staff at Previous Trafford valued Antony at round £25 million, the membership’s govt department finally ended up agreeing an £86 million deal for the Brazilian, on the behest of Erik ten Hag.
The Dutch supervisor was eager to strengthen United’s right-wing and believed a reunion along with his former acolyte was the answer. This has confirmed a horrible choice, nevertheless.
Antony doesn’t possess both the requisite physicality or tempo to reach English soccer. He lacks ample productiveness in each objectives or assists to compensate for this.
Whereas the 22-year-old does work onerous, and diligently tracks again to help his fullback, these aren’t the attributes of one of many league’s most costly ever signings.
Alejandro Garnacho’s performances on the right-wing (an unfamiliar one for the younger Argentine) have solely compounded the poor showings by his Brazilian teammate.
Parker’s evaluation is, for as soon as, correct.
Whether or not Antony could be prepared to relocate to Saudi Arabia at this stage of his profession is one other story.
Parker concludes the Saudi Professional League is the place gamers go who’re “giving up on their profession”; and, at 22, with self-professed ambitions of reaching the higher echelon of European soccer, this might not be an interesting choice to Antony.
A number of reviews have linked Saudi golf equipment with a transfer for the Brazilian. There are even strategies United could be open to his departure ought to a £50 million supply arrive.
The one golf equipment who could be prepared to pay such an quantity could be in Saudi Arabia, nevertheless. If Antony was against a transfer, United will possible be unable to discover a appropriate purchaser for the Brazilian.
