David Ornstein: Real Betis agree €25m Antony deal with Manchester United on permanent!
Real Betis and Manchester United have agreed a €25m package for the transfer of Brazilian winger Antony. The deal will include a 50% sell-on clause.
The Athletic reported on Friday that United had agreed a fee in principle with Betis for Antony to return to the club at which he spent the second half of the 2024-25 campaign, but the deal was in the balance amid tension over how they settle the proposed multi-million pound salary reduction Antony would face by leaving Old Trafford.
United will now make no further payment to the player.
After falling out of favour at Old Trafford, Antony impressed on loan at Betis, recording nine goals and five assists in 26 appearances. He helped Manuel Pellegrini’s side to reach the Conference League final, where they were beaten 4-1 by Chelsea.
Antony signed for United in August 2023 when Erik ten Hag was head coach at Old Trafford, in a deal worth a guaranteed €95 million (￡81.3m at the time), plus a potential €5m (￡4.2m) in add-ons.
Betis have sought to bring Antory back to Spain all summer long and matters have been inching towards a conclusion, with sources indicating to The Athletic the clubs agreed a fee of €25m (£21.6m), with an additional €3m in potential bonuses. The deal includes a sell-on clause for United, which would see them receive 50 per cent of the profit Betis make on a future transter.
Antony has two years remaining of his tom-a-year contract at United, and the winger is seeking for the clubs to find a way to ensure he secures the €4m shortfall he will encounter upon taking a wage cut with the La Liga side.
Betis sources claimed the club are not prepared to go higher with their offer, and their agreement would be considered withdrawn and no longer valid unless this is resolved between United and the player. United were nformed by the Spanish club their offer should be considered withdrawn but hope that Betis are adopting a bargaining position. United's hope was that the two clubs could meet in the middle.
The Athletic reported on the TransferDealsheet on August 26 that United were expected to hold firm on only considering a permanent sale rather than another loan for Antony, who has not featured in United's start to the 2025-26 season, amid a recent renewed push by Betis.
In May, Antony gave an emotional interview to TNT Sports Brazil in which he said he had gone days without eating at United after falling out of love with the game. The Brazil international added he "needed to find (himself)" in his spell with Betis, and that he "wasn't happy" and "didn't feel that desire to play football" in recent years.
The Brazil international's most productive season in England was his first, scoring eight goals and providing three assists in all competitions in 2022-23.
After a month out of the squad at the start of 2023-24, Antomy did not regain a regular position in Ten Hag's line-ups. He ended the campaign with three goals and two assists from 38 appearances, of which 21 were as a starter.
Rinkachi2221
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guy saved his career 🤣😂
Comment with some sense from a visitor please..
Cekabcpsy
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thank God, united is left with one problem and it's none other than sancho
Sancho is now in Aston Villa. Dey play! Only Malacial that is left in the bomb squad. If no one comes for him, we will dash him out to Nigeria Professional Football League club Nasarawa United for a lifetime contract 🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃
Viyeikpstz
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Another weekness of negotiations. wait till last minute pay some low price and get rid of pay high and get new useless players.
caolmopstz
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bobo, you still dey talk say there's no loss you don't know wetin you dey talk nhi if there's no loss, are they going to make profit by selling at that price?
Am not getting that English bro
Gapton
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With the money United bought him, are you still expecting that United can get more than they bought him...? That's not possible at all, so there's no lose there at all
bobo, you still dey talk say there's no loss you don't know wetin you dey talk nhi if there's no loss, are they going to make profit by selling at that price?
ziaadmnpr
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I swear they should and never return
yeah they brought chaos 😞
Yoeadklor
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Hm.. United has lost a lot of money after having spent 86 million on Antony and resold at 25m. Ah..I now understand the 50% release clause. Should Antony get a future super offer, United would get 50% profit from a future sale. But still uncertain because we don't know whether Antony's career will scale higher heights Good luck anyway
BobbySaGE
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y'all saying bad business did Manchester united receive any bid more than £50m for Antony then rejected it to accept €25m from betis? c'mon guys,no one was willing to offer a higher price. same applies with Sancho, let the bad boys go. They costed the club a lot
I swear they should and never return
BobbySaGE
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England is too big for you bro So fuck off premier flopp
donreal1990
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guy saved his career 🤣😂
laugh your club first
Fimblopsuy
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i love his resilience in all of this
SMHellas
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I hope the sell-on clause is on the entire sell-on fee and not just on the profit. He may not have ever been worth the fee United paid for him but he's worth significantly more than €25 million
BREEZE_WEST
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FLOP
caolmopstz
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50% sell on clause will not still cover even if betis later sell him 130 million, like Newcastle sold Isac. It can only reduce the loss
With the money United bought him, are you still expecting that United can get more than they bought him...? That's not possible at all, so there's no lose there at all
lewlmorsyz
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thank God, united is left with one problem and it's none other than sancho
Sancho shud be integrated in to this he team back bcos Cunha is injured right now…..then January we can sell him
voebeipsuy
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that's my club, I make the decision here
You fool
Dapcmostz
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guy saved his career 🤣😂
voebeipsuy
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50% on sale on is a real deal for man-u
No one else will buy trash Anthony as you can see
voebeipsuy
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Sancho remaining, now is not squad but lone ranger
No one else wants to buy trash Anthony as you can see
dibbinopuy
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we made lose. Perhaps we are trian to rebuild a team rather than keeping them in dressing room doing nothing
kuucdklmps
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𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘔𝘳. 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳
Gapton
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There's no lose there mate. As you see that the deal been included with 50% sell on clause, so United will still benefit from that deal
50% sell on clause will not still cover even if betis later sell him 130 million, like Newcastle sold Isac. It can only reduce the loss
ziaadmnpr
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y'all saying bad business did Manchester united receive any bid more than £50m for Antony then rejected it to accept €25m from betis? c'mon guys,no one was willing to offer a higher price. same applies with Sancho, let the bad boys go. They costed the club a lot
Kuaabkopu
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thank God, united is left with one problem and it's none other than sancho
cobbeklm
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Barcelona 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
Peyadlst
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Wonderful
misbckmprs
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from €95m to selling €25m 😂 still this ancient of days club will come and mock Chelsea.
Man u still get 50% if betis sells him How much u bought Lukaku and how much u sold him
Kuoabdeklt
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50% real deal especially that there his market will sky rocket 🚀
muhceilrst
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united must find a way of making their players worth something profitable, Anthony,Sancho, Hojlund, and Garnacho are of no less than at least €50 but by the end it's better that united wouldn't be paying their huge salaries anymore. let's try low valued players with good performance next time plz
Ãbïødüñtaiwo
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nice one betis
kmuguna
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Sancho remaining, now is not squad but lone ranger
EDEHPAULUCHECHUKWU
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what happened to here we go
kmuguna
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50% on sale on is a real deal for man-u
faith1984
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from €95m to selling €25m 😂 still this ancient of days club will come and mock Chelsea.
Pubabeipry
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What a bad business 🤔
Teademnsy
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as if the board knows you exist 😜😂🤣
that's my club, I make the decision here
MJ-Gray181
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But we make a lot of losses on selling players
chukwuka29
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Man united management are very poor in doing business..😩😒😩
rasbdimru
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This is madness, I want 50m plu 5m add on or nothing
Alexan001
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the goal is to get rid of the bad energy not really the money
really..u don't mean it
Dinanpsty
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next season sesko mbeumo cunha will be available for 70-80 percent discount.its really a good to do business with mu 😅
olubukolaemmanuel
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from €95m to€25m 😂🤣😂😂 that's a total lost for united
of course there is no deference we lost on lukaku also
lidcdimpsu
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Thanks guys for bringing Martinez ,now woro out to get rid of Luke shaw and Dalot,,
vuadstuz
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we bought him 95m $.. we are selling him 25m$.. bad business
Soebckmot
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nawaoo all the united players have lost the values bcs of the infect of the club
auhr
tuubcelnst
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Madness, I want 50m or nothing
as if the board knows you exist 😜😂🤣
Soebckmot
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Antonio
izacksen
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from €95m to€25m 😂🤣😂😂 that's a total lost for united
like your lukaku
olubukolaemmanuel
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from €95m to€25m 😂🤣😂😂 that's a total lost for united
lawdbko
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50% sell on clause is not fair, they will demad high fee should Betis decide to sell him but Saudi's dont care that much unless it's Newcastle owners selling Isak