Man Utd's Antony has already been told real reason Liverpool deal didn't happen - 'Idiot'

Brazilian winger Antony has been a shadiness of his erstwhile aforesaid since joining Manchester United for £82million but helium could person ended up playing for their rivals Liverpool instead

Manchester United winger Antony was told his “idiotic” behaviour scuppered a transportation to Liverpool.

The 24-year-old Brazilian has undoubtedly been a failed transportation for United up until now, having joined the Red Devils from Ajax for an eye-watering £82million in 2022. With Erik 10 Hag, the manager who signed him, present no longer astatine the helm, Antony's aboriginal astatine Old Trafford is successful doubt.

It marks a autumn from grace for a subordinate who was 1 of Europe’s astir sought-after talents conscionable 3 seasons ago. During the 2021/22 campaign, the 24-year-old’s skills and oculus for extremity made him a apical people for clubs similar United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Barcelona, and PSG.

United yet secured his signature - but things mightiness person panned retired otherwise if Mohamed Salah had near Anfield earlier that summer. The Times reports that erstwhile Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp considered Antony arsenic a imaginable replacement for the Egyptian, who was successful the last twelvemonth of his declaration and remained undecided astir signing an extension.

Salah ended up staying enactment aft landing a hefty £350,000-a-week contract, thereby ending Liverpool's involvement successful Antony. But the Reds whitethorn person decided against signing him anyway, particularly aft his antics during an Ajax crippled successful March 2022 against Feyenoord.

Antony celebrated scoring the melodramatic past gasp victor by removing his shirt, which led to the referee showing him a 2nd yellowish paper and receiving a one-match ban. After the game, Dutch pundit Rene van der Gijp commented that Antony's behaviour was a atrocious look and mightiness adjacent ward disconnected imaginable suitors.

He asked connected Vadaag Inside: "Suppose we are successful the stands unneurotic arsenic a scout for Manchester City oregon Liverpool... and we are looking astatine Antony, what bash you deliberation we would accidental erstwhile we travel backmost connected Monday?

"We volition not take that. You don’t spot a Serge Gnabry, Leroy Sane oregon Mohamed Salah doing this. Then you tin say, 'He is young'. But it tin besides get crazier."

Van der Gijp's colleague, Wim Kieft, felt the aforesaid way, adding: "He is not that young anymore, due to the fact that helium has been doing this for 2 years. Such a lad cannot beryllium calmed by a coach, successful the end.

"Ten Hag volition of people ne'er accidental that Antony behaves similar an idiot, but helium thinks so. In general, this behaviour is addressed successful the locker room. Then idiosyncratic says, 'Hey, what are you doing?'"

Since joining United, Antony's output has been lacklustre, having scored conscionable 5 goals successful 56 Premier League appearances. He has recovered minutes adjacent harder to travel by this season, managing conscionable 1 commencement crossed each competitions.

Antony faces a pivotal juncture nether caller manager Ruben Amorim. It offers him a accidental to commencement afresh, but if the Portuguese is unconvinced, helium whitethorn find himself transportation listed.

In Amorim's archetypal grooming league astatine Carrington connected Monday, the manager guided the players done a 3-4-3 build-up drill. Antony was spotted playing arsenic a close wing-back, suggesting that a caller relation could beryllium successful store for the Brazilian.

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