Antony’s Manchester United career has been a mess across all levels
The TelegraphAntony’s work out of possession is one of the reasons Ten Hag has favoured him in his system. Arsenal paid £27 million for Brighton’s Leandro Trossard five months after United’s capture of Antony. Michael Olise, still only 22, has become one of the Premier League’s most coveted wide players since his £9 million move to Crystal Palace a year before Antony’s Old Trafford switch. Ten Hag said last month the assault claims against Antony that led to the player taking three weeks’ paid leave in September to fight the allegations he strenuously denies had impacted on his form earlier in the season. For a club that insisted it would not be held to ransom in Ten Hag’s first summer in charge, the £85 million fee United paid for Antony was a failure on so many levels and more than £50 million higher than the player was valued at by scouts who watched him during Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s tenure.