MANCHESTER UNITED 2022 SUMMER TRANSFER WINDOW TALKS AND UPDATE CONTINUES - The Antony Saga Addressed -- Ajax Continues To Enforce The Hands Off Approach But For How Much Longer Can AJAX Hold Off Manchester United?.
(Earlier part of this Article can be found on the Manchester United Channel website)
Demand and supply! This seems to be the new mode of operation at Manchester United as the past few months of the summer transfer window have seen the Manchester United board deliver very impressive work in the 2022 summer transfer window so far.
Three new names are expected to make their way into Manchester United should the Manchester United board and Manchester United representatives endeavor to complete the remarkable level of acquisitions currently understood to be in the works for Manchester United at this point in the 2022 summer transfer window. At this point of the 2022 Summer Transfer Window, one of the transfers is understood to have been 100% completed already by Manchester United.
Christine Pulisic, Caicedo, Antony, and of course we knew Manchester United central midfielder Casemiro who was recently acquired by Manchester United from Real Madrid this 2022 summer transfer window over the past 48 hours. Let's quickly address the biggest one of all which is the new signing of Brazilian midfielder Casemiro.
According to what's understood, the conversation regarding a departure from Real Madrid for Brazilian center midfielder Casemiro has been a conversation that had been boiling under the radar as far back as 2021. Back in 2021, the notion floating around Spain had been projecting a departure from Spain for the now 29-year-old Brazilian midfielder.
Nevertheless, Casemiro had never directly suggested that departure from Real Madrid was a guaranteed situation set to unravel in the Brazilian midfielder's future.
Back in 2021, there had been rumors swirling around the Brazilian midfielder that a departure for the player from the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium was certain to take place as the Brazilian midfielder had entered the final years of his contract with Real Madrid
However, some of the comments revealed by the Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti at the time had delivered comments which had rebuffed the possibility of a departure for Casemiro as Real Madrid’s Italian manager stated that he had planned to see his midfield trio which included Casemiro, Camavinga, and Luka Modric remain at Real Madrid for years to come.
For a good portion of 2021, the expectation was that Casemiro who had approached the final year of his contract with the Los Blanco's will put pen to paper on a new contract with Real Madrid by the start of the 2022 calendar year and this situation did, In fact, manifests itself as the Brazilian midfielder was understood to have put pen to paper on a new 3-year contract which was set to see Casemiro stay at Real Madrid until 2025.
The big question then is what happened? what was the bridge inconsistency which saw a player sign a new three-year contract with Real Madrid ended up in Manchester United less than a year after putting pen to paper and a new contract? -
"A new challenge.” - Casemiro
According to what understand, with Real Madrid having lifted their 11th title last season, a conversation ensued between Casemiro, Carlo Ancelotti, and the Real Madrid president Florentino Perez as all three parties were understood to have come to an agreement that the Brazilian will depart Real Madrid this 2022 summer transfer window
With the level of deep quality in central midfield currently located at Real Madrid in the presence of young midfielders mixed with experienced midfielders such as Aurelien Tchouameni, Eduardo Camavinga, Federico Valverde, Luka Modric, Dani Cabellos, Toni Kroos, Lucas Vasquez, the rationale behind sanctioning the departure of Casemiro to Manchester United was understood to have been made an easier decision for Florentino Perez and Carlo Ancelotti.
€50.7 million + £8.5 million is understood to be the agreed fee which has now been settled between Manchester United and Real Madrid with the €50.7 million understood to of already been paid to Real Madrid within the past few weeks of the 2022 transfer window under remaining 8.5 million expected to be paid in the form of installment to Real Madrid over the next year or two
According to what's understood, the main focal point which has inevitably initiated the complete transfer of the Brazilian midfielder from Spain to England is simply the undisputed point that Casimero's decision to leave Real Madrid and join Manchester United may be the focal point of the deal being completed between Manchester United and Real Madrid.
Coming into the 2022 summer season, the goal for Casemiro was simply understood to have been to make a change with the Premier League understood to have been Casemiro’s dream destination over the past year.
Simply put, how many until the 2022 summer transfer window, custom arrow wanted a change away from the Spanish league, and potentially the English Premier League was his desired destination as the Brazilian looked to use this 2022 summer transfer window to generate a pathway out of the Spanish league with the Premier League understood to have been Casemiro’s destination
Manchester United is currently understood to be a club going through serious turmoil with the Red Devils revealing Erik Ten Hag's team to be a team still in need of a few more improvements in various areas within Erik Ten Hag's team. At the moment, the acquisition of Casimiro is understood to be the early signal of a bulging transition from a difficult past five years into a new change Manchester United team
Most importantly, with Manchester United now understood to be a club in need of a severe surge of quality in the central midfield area, Casemiro’s desire to test his football quality with a new challenge certainly matched well with Manchester United’s desperate need of a key top player whom can simply play the role of a midfield general.
A player who is step expected to step into this central midfield, dictate team movement, inject serious quality football into Manchester United’s performance on the pitch, and a player expected to simply play the role of one of two quality enforcers in the central midfield area and a player whom can inject quality into both areas of the pitch- defensively and offensively for Manchester United.
The acquisitions made by Manchester United's 2022 summer transfer have been impressive so far.
However, the verdict currently placed on Manchester United's situation continues to be that if the Red Devils desire to emerge from the current 2022/23 season without any level of top success, more quality needs to be invested into the current Manchester United team before transfer window deadline day which is set to end on September 1st, 2022- 5 days from now to be exact.
The situation around Manchester United which had been confirmed through a few information attained suggests that the Manchester United board and Manchester United representatives are still hard at work trying to secure more acquisitions to add a few more qualities did this Manchester United team.
While names like Martin Dubravka and Kevin Trapp continue to be in names of the two goalkeepers expected to be out wired by Manchester United this 2022 summer transfer window, the story grabbing a good bulk of attention from not just Manchester United fans but the story also grabbing the attention of the football community in general in the last few days of the 2022 summer transfer window is the situation transpiring between Ajax and Manchester United regarding the Antony story.
The short version of the story is this-- Brazilian attacker Antony wants to leave current club Ajax for Manchester United this 2022 summer transfer window. While there have been suggestions coming from the hierarchy at Ajax Football Club stating that Brazilian attacker Antony had failed to inform Ajax of his intentions to depart from Ajax in a sufficient time frame to allow Ajax time to attain a replacement for the attacker hence the reason Ajax has given for the club's current the resilient stand of not letting the Brazilian attacker leave Ajax this 2022 summer transfer window,
Information received has stated that Antony had 100% clarified that he-Antony wants to leave Ajax as far back as June 2022 to join Manchester United with Manchester United understood to have expressed interest in the player as far back as late May to early June of the 2022 summer season.
However, the current understanding on the other side of this situation is that Ajax football club has continuously refused to let the player go with Ajax hierarchy, and Ajax manager insists that Antony remains under contract until 2023.
Furthermore, the message from Ajax states that any club interested in securing the Brazilian Antony's services must pay the fee of €100 million(£90million).
Looking at the figure listed above, there might be some Manchester United affiliates who might quickly relate this situation to a previous situation that took place at Old Trafford between Manchester United and a Dutch player - Frenkie De Jong- who has so far adamantly refused to join Manchester United even though Manchester United and Barcelona had struck a deal over three months ago stating that Frenkie de Jong will join Manchester United for almost the same exact free Manchester United is anticipated to pay to Ajax for Antony.
But the Antony situation is completely different in the sense that here you have a player who adamantly continues to state his stance and desire which is that Antony wants to leave and join Manchester United this 2022 summer transfer window. Both Antony and Manchester United are understood to have already reached a concrete agreement that the player will join the Manchester United football club this 2022 summer transfer window
At the moment, the Frenkie de Jong deal remains hanging in the balance with Manchester United still poised to return to the Nou Camp to attempt to complete the agreement before the end of the 2022 summer transfer window.
Returning to the Antony deal, the uncanny situation surrounding this deal is also completely different from the Frenkie De Jong situation in the sense that Manchester United has a player In Antony who has been well documented to want to join Manchester United since the very early stages of the 2022 summer transfer window and even beyond this stage with Antony understood to have stated his desire to join Manchester United in the late stages of last season.
The big question currently thrown at Manchester United continues to be why Manchester United waited until the last three weeks of the 2022 summer transfer window before engaging in serious conversations with Ajax regarding the acquisition of Antony.
With less than a week to go in the transfer window, information received continues to display the image of an Ajax club that values Antony as a top key player in the current Ajax squad with Ajax simply viewing the player as untouchable unless a club meets the exact fee stipulated by Ajax for Antony’s services. As has already been stated, the fee demanded by Ajax for Antony is understood to be at a rounded up of €90 million.
Manchester United has been understood during the past two weeks to be a club that has suggested that the fee currently stipulated by Ajax is too much to spend on one specific player.
On the other hand, Manchester United representatives continue to rest their heads on the understanding that Manchester United and Antony already have an agreement that the player would join Manchester United this 2022 summer transfer window, and the agreement between Manchester United and Ajax there's an Ajax Antony continues to be the main prerequisite pushing Manchester United's desire to hand in a €100 million(£90million) bid for the Brazilian Antony.
Antony to his credit has also played his role to try and instigate a deal being struck between Ajax and Manchester United which will allow the Brazilian secure a move to Manchester United for a reunion with Antony’s former manager Erik Ten Hag. The understanding is that Antony has now gone on a “player strike” so to say with the Brazilian refusing the train with his current Ajax teammate until the Ajax hierarchy Secures an agreement with Manchester United which will finally see Antony secure a move to Old Trafford this 2022 summer season.
So far, this strategy has yielded little result with the Ajax manager and Ajax hierarchy only understood to have displayed high displeasure with the player but there are still no signs that Ajax is ready to allow the Brazilian to leave Ajax for Manchester United this 2022 summer transfer window.
Antony remains an Ajax player At least for this Saturday 26th of August 2022. with less than a week to go until the 2022 summer transfer window is completed, information continues the surgeon suggested that Ajax is not ready to cave into the pressure by letting the Brazilian leave before the final day of the 2022 summer transfer window has elapsed
A game of supremacy unfolding between Manchester United and Antony versus Ajax with Ajax surprisingly holding the superior power at the moment. There continues to be the understanding that Ajax will cave and accept the €100 million (£90 million) which is predicted will be invested into the Ajax team in the form of Ajax using the finances to secure the services of young row talents over the next two upcoming transfer windows.
A Fantastic platform that will certainly play a vital role in maintaining the solid foundation which Ajax has built for itself as a club that attains young, raw. talents and then nurtures this young talent into top footballers over the years to come.
The platform or manifesto of Ajax which covers how the club functions are well documented.
However, the current stance on Antony held by Ajax might be a sign of a club that simply has decided to walk away from its past foundation and start a new foundation built around retaining top-quality players in the team. But there's also the feeling that this situation might be rooted in the pure fact that Ajax simply intends to generate as much money as possible to enable the club to secure a replacement for the Brazilian in the last few days of the 2022 transfer window,
Information received continues to suggest that Ajax's decision not to accept reasonable offers which have been delivered by Manchester United over the past few weeks is the Dutch club's way of simply frustrating Brazilian Antony out of a move away from the Johann Cruyff stadium this 2022 summer transfer window.
Up until this point, Manchester United is still understood to be a club poised to meet the financial demand of £90 million made by Ajax. However, that's been it's been opinion strong at Manchester United that perhaps the club from the red half of Manchester will be better suited to walk away from the Antony deal and invest the £90 million into securing various young talents to implement into the Manchester United team.
At the moment, Manchester United is understood to be a team set to remain in the Antony deal with Ajax until the very last day of the 2022 summer transfer window
