Antony cut an emotional silhouette by talking about his time at Manchester United during his first interview as a real Betis player.
Antony, 25, finished a move of a value of up to 21.6 million pounds from Man United to Real Betis on the day of the deadline for transfer after a successful loan on the Liga side during the 2024/25 campaign, during which he contributed with nine goals and five decisive passes in 26 appearances for the Andalusian club.
The 25 -year -old wrote a five -year contract to the Spanish team, ending his Manong of Man United with the Brazilian having made 96 appearances for the Premier League club after his move in 2022 of Ajax.
The winger previously talked about the difficulties he had encountered during his stay in United earlier this year and said he had fallen in love with football during an interview with TNT Sports Brazil.
“It was a time when I thought of stopping playing,” said Antony.
“I no longer felt this desire to play football because of everything I was going through, because of all the accusations and because I remained silent for so long.”
He added: “I went through difficult moments (in United) when I no longer felt this pleasure. I even told my brother that I could no longer bear it.”
And during his stay in Betis, the 25 -year -old performed much better on the ground and was obviously happier.
But things did not go well before Antony’s permanent move to Betis. When it appeared that the agreement was concluded, the agreement struck a snag before Betis published a declaration confirming that the agreement was disabled.
BBC Sport said that the withdrawal of the offer was because Antony “wanted part of his united contract to be reimbursed”.
But the problems reported were solved and a 50% net sales clause was inserted in the agreement with a zero payment to the player.
On Tuesday, Antony was unveiled as Betis player in the middle of the massive excitement of club supporters who were gathered at Seville airport.
The player has since speak Towards his time to United once again.
Antony went from Carrington to training once the first team team returned home to be treated like a god in the streets of Seville.
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“What happened in Manchester, only I know how difficult it was,” said a visibly emotional antonia when he was unveiled.
“I’m sorry. Dragging separately, but that is part of life. I knew this moment would come. It’s in the past. “
Of course, before its release, Antony was part of a group of off-factor players nicknamed “Bomb Squad” to United, who included Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho, Tyrell Malacia and Alejandro Garnacho.
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