Brazilian flank striker… At Ajax, under coach Tenhach
Manchester United (Man United), a professional football player in England, will take Ajax (Netherlands) ‘holy’ Anthony (22) for a record transfer fee of 100 million euros (about 135.18 billion won).
Manchester United announced on the 31st (Korean time) that they had reached an agreement with Ajax over the transfer of winger Anthony.
The terms of the contract between Manchester United and Anthony have also been confirmed.
The medical test was completed the day before.
European football transfer market expert Fabricio Romano tweeted, “Antoni has successfully completed the medical test.
The announcement of his signing for Manchester United will be made on Tuesday.”
The transfer fee is 95 million euros and 5 million euros for options, totaling 100 million euros.
It is the fourth-largest transfer fee in English Premier League (EPL) history.
Players with higher transfer fees than Antony include Paul Pogba (Juventus), Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan) and Jack Grealish (Manchester City).
When it comes to Manchester United alone, Anthony is second behind Paul Pogba.
Pogba recorded a transfer fee of £89 million (about 140.5 billion won) when he moved from Juventus to Manchester United in 2016.
Pogba has returned to Juventus.
Anthony from Brazil has built his reputation as a flank striker at Ajax, the ‘cradle of prospects’.
In his first season in Europe, he scored 11 goals for Ajax in the 2020-2021 season, followed by 12 in the following season.
He can play both left and right sides, but he prefers to play with his left foot as he is placed on the right and digs into the middle.
Although the talent seems obvious, there is an opinion that 100 million euros is an excessive transfer fee as it has not been verified in the big leagues.
Nevertheless, United’s willingness to open their wallet is believed to be because Manchester United manager Eric Tenhach strongly requested the club to sign Anthony amid heightened fans’ resentment due to their uneasy appearance at the beginning of the season.
Tenhach knew Antony well, having commanded Ajax until last season.
“He knows exactly what he can do and he trusts Anthony,” said Maika Richards, a former British national and BBC commentator. did.
Meanwhile, in the summer transfer market so far, EPL clubs have spent a total of £1.6 billion in transfer fees, exceeding the previous record of £1.4 billion in 2017 (about 2.2 trillion won). .
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