The 'bullet' that Barça dodged in 2022 with Antony

Antony, extreme right of the Manchester United, comes to star a quite particular episode with the 'Network Devils'. The native of São Paulo has happened to have a role practically testimonial in the square mancuniana in what it goes of February, since of the five commitments that have contested the ones of Erik Have Hag in this month in course, the Brazilian grieve has seen some scarce 20 minutes of action, accumulating two suplencias.

The low hit for the exjugador of the Ajax arrived in this day, as the Dutch trainer to charge of the 'Red Devils' decided to give him entry in the clash in front of the Fulham in the Premier League, which his team already lost 1-2, in the minute 98, with which contested grieve some second before the referee sounded his whistle to decree the end of the commitment. An entry than Have Hag has wanted to justify, expressing: "it did not have at all that see with the physical state".

Besides, after this comment, asestó the 'stick' definite to explain the reason by which the Brazilian is not seeing action with regularity in the Manchester United. "It is in shape, but have a lot of options in the right side. I am playing the one who deserves to play". A comment practically 'lapidarian' and that it can serve to put in perspective the presumptive predisposition of the Dutch to not having the talentoso player paulista, preferring play with the Argentinian Alejandro Garnacho like titling immovable of the position, to the detriment of Antony that every time it attains to see less joined up in the dynamics of the picture of Manchester.

Antony has not attained 'cuajar' of the all in the dynamics of the 'Network Devils'

The right extreme of hardly 24 years of age was one of the requests express of the technical director Dutch in the summer of the year 2022, given his experience with him in the Ajax, group where commissioned to show a showy football and ofensivamente attractive, accumulating 82 commitments and a total of 24 annotations with 22 assistances, question that carried to that the ones of Old Trafford by 95 million euros. Nevertheless, apparently it has broken his relation with this full game of spark and desparpajo, that positioned him like a worthy representative of the 'Joga Beautiful' and that did to presage that when giving the jump to a team 'big' could finish to give him flight to his promotion to the stardom.

Unfortunately for him, after the 70 meetings that has contested with the Manchester United, has not showed his more effective version, converting grieve a total of nine annotations and four assistances. This, probably, comes of the hand with the fact that recaló in the 'Network Devils' in one of his lower periods to sportive level. Besides, it has not enjoyed perhaps of all the time of game that could have added and neither has been able to show his best expensive in the terrain of game when has the opportunity to see action.

Equally, when having been accused of violence of gender by his expareja also motivated that the club separated him in some commitments. All 'condiments' have done that the stage of Antony, the one who has agreement with the square mancuniana until 2027, was not being the more plácida of all and, except a drastic twist of the events, his incorporation could be even cataloged of sportive failure by all what expected of him.

The 'bullet' that esquivó the FC Barcelona with the signing of Antony

Under this premise, the FC Barcelona can say that, seen what has sucedido with Antony recently, practically esquivó a 'bullet'. The reason? Simple, it is necessary to remember that the Barça in his moment, in front of the research of a right extreme in 2022, valued to incorporate to the man of the Ajax. However, the paulista was not the only name in the list and the club culé finished decanting for adding to his rows Raphinha pertinent of the Leeds United, by a reason that, as it gave to know in 'SPORT', based of the following way: "Raphinha is a much more mature player, that has internalised a collective conception of the game (...) Antony, instead, trusts much more in his one against one, in resolving only the actions when they do him cleared or has space by in front, desconectándose of the rest of the attack of his team".

Added to this, it is necessary to mention a no lower detail, and east goes through the fact of economic costs, since whereas the current '11' of the Barcelona cast had a more affordable cost (58 M€ more variable), the cost of the current '21' of the United was much more 'inflado', to the point that the 'Network Devils' finished paying 95 M€ by him. Finally, the bet of the FC Barcelona by Raphinha has gone out him quite profitable, as to a lower cost, has reported already 15 goals and 20 assistances in 74 commitments with the club culé. These figures could go in increase given the role that is taking in the Barcelona diagram and the confidence that Xavi Hernández has deposited in him.