{"id":20950,"date":"2022-06-13T12:00:58","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T16:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/06\/13\/manchester-united-show-geniune-interest-in-ajax-star-despite-no-official-bid\/"},"modified":"2022-06-13T12:00:58","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T16:00:58","slug":"manchester-united-show-geniune-interest-in-ajax-star-despite-no-official-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/06\/13\/manchester-united-show-geniune-interest-in-ajax-star-despite-no-official-bid\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United show \u2018geniune interest\u2019 in Ajax star despite no official bid"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United have shown a \u2018genuine interest\u2019 in Ajax forward Antony, but despite that have not tabled an official bid for the Brazilian as of yet.<\/p>\n<p>That is according to transfer expert Fabrizio Romano, who adds that \u2018internal discussions\u2019 have taken place around Erik ten Hag\u2019s former player.<\/p>\n<p>Antony, who appeared 23 times in the Dutch top-flight last campaign, grabbed 8 goals and 4 assists and caught the eye with some silky footwork.<\/p>\n<p>And, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/top-stories\/erik-ten-hag-pushing-ahead-with-35m-addition-as-first-manchester-united-signing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">speaking last month<\/a>, Ten Hag, who took him to Amsterdam in 2020, was quick to heap praise on the wide man.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018If Antony were to go, it would be a loss for Ajax, because you have no one in the current selection who can take over his position\u2019, he claimed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Manchester United have genuine interest in Antony, of course Erik ten Hag knows him so well \u2013 still no bid, just internal discussions. ?? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MUFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MUFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2026but Emerson Santos [he\u2019s Antony\u2019s brother, not agent] has not made any interview speaking of Man United. He denies \u2013 \u2018fake news\u2019. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DxAjSIqXud\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/DxAjSIqXud<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1536333518879481856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Manchester United in need of forwards<\/h2>\n<p>As part of Ralf Rangnick\u2019s scathing criticism of Manchester United during his time at Old Trafford, the lack of \u2018modern forwards\u2019 was a key facet.<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Martial was sent out on loan, and beyond Cristiano Ronaldo, there was no one else capable of leading the line for the Red Devils.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Cristiano is not a central striker or does not want to play in that position,\u2019 said Rangnick.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It\u2019s obvious that the club needs, I would say, at least, two new strikers who just give this team more quality and more options. I wouldn\u2019t even call it wingers.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Two strikers and modern strikers, that do not necessarily have to be wingers.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Antony would certainly fill one of those spots, but it seems likely that they will also need another should they wish to challenge for any major silverware next season.<\/p>\n<p>And, having missed out on Darwin Nunez, now set to join Liverpool, it is unclear who they will turn to.<\/p>\n<h3>Read more:<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/how-many-signings-do-manchester-united-actually-need-to-make-this-summer\/\" rel=\"v:url\">How many signings do Manchester United actually need to make this summer?<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/top-stories\/christopher-nkunku-price-set-amid-manchester-united-interest\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Christopher Nkunku price set amid Manchester United interest<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Manchester United have shown a \u2018genuine interest\u2019 in Ajax forward Antony, but despite that have not tabled an official bid for the Brazilian as of yet. That is according to transfer expert Fabrizio Romano, who adds that \u2018internal discussions\u2019 have taken place around Erik ten Hag\u2019s former player. Antony, who appeared 23 times in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-20950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20950\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}