{"id":1155,"date":"2025-08-04T14:37:04","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T12:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/2025\/08\/04\/manchester-united-faces-setback-as-antony-insists-on-betis-transfer\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T14:38:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T12:38:51","slug":"manchester-united-faces-setback-as-antony-insists-on-betis-transfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/2025\/08\/04\/manchester-united-faces-setback-as-antony-insists-on-betis-transfer\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United Faces Setback as Antony Insists on Betis Transfer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Manchester United\u2019s hopes of offloading Antony this summer have taken a significant hit. The Brazilian winger is reportedly unwilling to consider offers from any club other than Real Betis. United, aiming to bolster their finances through sales of fringe players, had also tried to transfer Marcus Rashford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rashford\u2019s preference to wait for Barcelona led to a loan agreement with an option for permanent transfer. Antony appears to be adopting a similar strategy, turning down lucrative proposals, including those from Saudi Arabia, and focusing solely on Betis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Betis remains firm in their resolve not to meet United\u2019s financial demands. According to ABC, Betis intends to wait until late in the transfer window before negotiating, likely pushing for another loan arrangement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The failure to move Antony, combined with the earlier loss of Rashford\u2019s sale, threatens United\u2019s financial planning and could impact their ability to invest in new players. Other fringe players face uncertain futures as well: discussions for Jadon Sancho\u2019s move to Juventus have stalled, and Chelsea is unlikely to pursue Alejandro Garnacho until they have made their own player sales. United now await clarity on several frontiers as they navigate a challenging transfer window.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Antony refuses moves but Real Betis; United\u2019s transfer plans face complications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1154,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179],"tags":[226,182],"class_list":["post-1155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manchester-united","tag-antony","tag-transfers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1155"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1156,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1155\/revisions\/1156"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}