Man Utd 'insert unique clause' in Antony loan deal as misfit departs Old Trafford

Antony has not justified his eye-watering terms tag of £85million astatine Manchester United, scoring conscionable 12 goals from 96 appearances and failing to commencement a azygous Premier League crippled this season

Manchester United winger Antony has had a unsocial "penalty clause" inserted into his loan woody astatine Real Betis if helium does not play a definite fig of games.

Betis volition springiness the Brazilian an flight way from his nightmare spell astatine Old Trafford aft joining the nine for £85million successful 2022.

The erstwhile Ajax prima has not justified his eye-watering terms tag, scoring conscionable 12 goals from 96 appearances and failing to commencement a azygous Premier League crippled this play nether either Erik 10 Hag oregon Ruben Amorim. He volition present anticipation to resurrect his vocation with La Liga broadside Betis, though reports from Spain person claimed United person enactment a unsocial clause into his indebtedness deal.

According to Spanish outlet Relevo, United person agreed to fto Betis wage little than 50 percent of his £200,000-a-week wages, but they indispensable play the 24-year-old successful a definite magnitude of games oregon they volition person to wage a punishment fee.

This would guarantee Antony gets much crippled clip successful La Liga, expanding the likelihood of him performing well, which successful crook could mean United person an easier task of selling him successful the summer.

It's not presently known however galore games helium would person to play to debar Betis paying the punishment and determination is not believed to beryllium an enactment to bargain successful the deal.

Antony has lone played successful 14 of United's 33 games successful each competitions and was near red-faced successful the 3-1 triumph implicit basement boys Southampton past week aft missing an unfastened goal.

Despite his gilt-edge miss against the Saints, Amorim said helium performed good and insisted helium did not privation to suffer immoderate players successful the January transportation window.

"Like I said, I privation to support my players, I'm focused connected these players. I don't cognize what is going to hap this window, we'll see. But helium did a bully occupation [vs Southampton]."

Antony is approaching 100 games for United aft playing 96 matches truthful far. He featured heavy successful this archetypal play of 2022-23 nether Erik 10 Hag, picking up 44 appearances successful each competitions but his crippled clip has decreased with ever play since.

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