Antony finally ends Manchester United goal drought… in behind-closed-doors defeat to Burnley | JNER38Y | 2024-01-31 16:44:12
Antony finally ends Manchester United goal drought… in behind-closed-doors defeat to Burnley | JNER38Y | 2024-01-31 16:44:12
Manchester United's Antony has lastly found the back of the web this season, however it is going to rely for naught because it was in a behind-closed-doors pleasant towards Burnley.
The winger is enduring an terrible sophomore season at Previous Trafford, having failed to attain a objective or make an help in 22 appearances up to now.
This has now (kind of) come to an end, after he scored from the penalty spot as United misplaced Three-1 to the Clarets at Carrington on Wednesday.
The outcome, and the Brazil international's aim, gained't matter an excessive amount of to Erik ten Hag who was using the pleasant as a option to get a number of returning gamers up to match sharpness.
Harry Maguire and Luke Shaw each played having returned to training earlier this week after a month within the remedy room.
Lisandro Martinez, Casemiro and Amad Diallo all lately recovered from accidents and all received between 45-60 minutes on the pitch as nicely, boosting their probabilities of featuring towards Newport County on Sunday.
However, the Pink Devils travel to Wales for his or her FA Cup fourth-round tie with six gamers still unavailable both resulting from both damage or participation at the Africa Cup of Nations.
Antony's poor type, off-pitch issues and lack of output since signing from Ajax for £82million have raised questions on his future with the Pink Devils.
Current stories recommend the 23-year-old could possibly be bought this summer time, with United hoping a Saudi Pro League side will make an offer of at least £50m.
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However the player's agent recently shut down these rumours, saying: 'Antony is concentrated on these 4 months of the season so he can enhance his performance, understanding that he needs to attain objectives and assists.
'This is his focus. At the moment our head is on Manchester United.'
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