Oral Agreement Reached!
On January 19th, Beijing time, Spanish media Relevo's renowned journalist Matteo Moretto and famous transfer reporter Fabrizio Romano revealed that Manchester United winger Antony has joined Real Betis on a pure loan deal.
Antony is a transaction in Manchester United's history that will never be forgotten.
In August 2022, the transfer fee was 95 million euros, but two and a half years later, his value dropped to only 20 million.
New coach Amorim could not save this asset, with only 7 substitute appearances in the league this season, playing for 127 minutes with no goals or assists.
The management had long planned to clean him up, but after circling around the transfer market, there were no takers.
Only La Liga club Real Betis and Greek Super League powerhouse Olympiacos were willing to rent him.
Dongzi personally did not want to leave the top five leagues, eliminating the latter.
Real Betis sold Assane Diouss to Como and loaned Rui Silva to Sporting Portugal, freeing up space before finally submitting an official loan application to Manchester United.
Pure loan, without any buyout clauses, with Manchester United covering part of the salary expenses.
It can also be seen as a disguised subsidy to get rid of him, so as not to be an eyesore.
In fact, free rental doesn't offer much benefit.
We can only hope that Antony can perform well in half a season, attracting more potential buyers next summer to recover tens of millions of euros in losses.
But the probability of this is too low, it would be better to keep him and add some manpower for Amorim.
There are currently no plans to bring in new players.
Malacia has also been loaned out, with Dutch international football French-speaking area journalist Joost Blaauwhof confirming that Manchester United has reached a loan agreement with a top European league team.
It couldn't be Como, could it? They previously inquired about Malacia.
Garnacho is also negotiating a transfer with Napoli, leaving Mazraoui, Menu, and Dalot without substitutes.
A few days ago, Manchester United relied on Ratcliffe's investment of 80 million pounds to avoid PSR violations, allowing youth training players Garnacho and Menu to not be actively sold.
Not actively selling doesn't mean not selling.
Napoli sees this Argentine winger as a replacement for K77, raising their offer to 55 million euros.
Manchester United's expected price is a minimum of 60 million pounds.
It's estimated that with further negotiation, a deal between 60 million and 70 million euros could be made.
Another player on sale, Rashford, has seen his transfer cool down.
AC Milan was very proactive, but nothing came of it.
The negotiations and meetings went well, but they couldn't agree on salary.
Added to that, they also wanted to sign City's left-back Walker, ultimately giving up on renting Rashford.
Currently, there are still clubs in contact, namely Barcelona and Dortmund.
It is reported that Flick has approved the signing of Rashford, but it is still stuck on salary.
With a weekly wage of 325,000 pounds, both sides are pulling, neither team is rich.
Dortmund is the same, with coach Schahin being exposed by Romano as very appreciative of this Manchester United forward.
There is zero news on recruitment.
The left-back that has been hyped for a long time hasn't even started contact, and there are no new plans for the right-wing vacancy caused by loaning out Antony and selling Garnacho.
If there are no strict requirements for results, it's completely acceptable to only let go and not bring in new players.
After all, the budget is insufficient, finances are not abundant, and buying players in the winter window is prone to high premiums, so the situation is indeed not very optimistic.