Manchester United Erik Ten Hag Rebuild continues As The Manchester United Dutch Manager Continues To Face A Series Of Stumbling Blocks- Jadon Sancho & Antony Situation Addressed (Part 8)

  

A blend of talent and a good dose of pressure imposed on such a young player certainly played their part in molding the career of Antony from a mental and physical perspective with the Brazilian understood to have been under immense pressure as a player to live up to the level of other great players who came before the Brazilian Winga with increase pressure understood to have been Imposed on Antony, particularly during Antony's transition from Sao Paulo to Ajax FC where Antony fully made his career as a well-known name in the modern-day European game football. 

 

 
Revelations made by the player himself stated that pressure had never really been a situation he- Antony- had found challenging during his football career unraveled the Brazilian as a player who simply had the right mentality to adapt to any given situation with these attributes classified as essential qualities which saw Antony's rapidly categorized as a top commodity for top clubs in Europe with the presence of such a resilient mindset confirmed, to have been one of the significant reasons why Antony had such a blossoming career during his time at Ajax.

A superb performance for Ajax during the Dutch clubs’ Champions League run which saw Ajax achieve a deep run into the 2019-2020 Champions League competition saw Antony alternately reveal himself as one of Europe's most prominent forwards in the modern-day game of football. However. controversy never let up from surrounding Antony even during his current ongoing career at Manchester United as controversy had swirled around the Brazilian player even during his time at Ajax with doubt on whether or not the player was really the real deal having surrounded Antony during his time at Ajax. 

 

“Antony is a childish player. ` 

 

While doubt had never been implemented on whether or not Anthony had the skill set to achieve Top success, massive criticism had arrived in Antony's footsteps with most of the criticism back during Anthony's time in Ajax arriving through retired Dutch legend Marco Van Bastein who presented narratives such as this as evidence which pushed against the narrative of Brazilian forward Antony being regarded as a top player in modern football.- 

 “Antony has his skills, but he is confused with the things he is trying to do,” 

Marco Van Bastein- Jack Lang, September 10, 2023.) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Erik Ten Hag, however, had never been a manager who would necessarily listen to critics with the Dutch manager strongly believing that Antony had the skill sets to contribute to the success of the team with this mindset and this level of expectation implemented by the Dutch manager confirmed as the catalyst which led to the Dutch manager during his appointment as Manchester United manager to insist that Manchester United Executives sanction the £95- £100 million acquisition of Antony to Manchester United with the successful acquisition of Antony having automatically projected Antony as amongst 20 of the most expensive footballers of all time.  

 

 

 

 

Despite the ongoing debate of whether or not Antony Is worth such a value, and despite the ongoing debate on whether or not Antony has lived up to such a price tag after two years of the completed expensive acquisition of Antony from Ajax to Manchester United In 2022, Erik Ten Hag has remained resolute on his decision to see Antony as the right starter to operate on the right flank for Manchester United during the ongoing Erik Ten hag managerial era at Manchester United.  

 

The debate of whether or not Antony has been worth his price tag at Manchester United remains rather existence to this day. However, the level of discontent Invested into the acquisition of Antony at Manchester United has largely been subdued by the reality that just across Manchester in Merseyside northwest England is a club with a forward named Cody Gakpo who unfortunately has experienced a lengthy series of struggles since his move from PSV to Liverpool.  

 

As twisted as it might sound the situation is understood to have made the sight of Antonys'' struggle` to live up to expectations at Manchester United a little more tolerable for the Manchester United circle with the concept currently existing within the Manchester United also understood to be that should Manchester United had failed to acquire the services of Antony In 2022, the thought of a current struggling Cody Gakpo playing for Manchester United if the outcome of the race to secure the services of Cody Gakpo and Antony had flipped the other way around as provided some level of twisted comfort from the Manchester United circle. Regarding the current struggle of Antony. 

 

 

 

 

Doesn't make it any easier to see Antony as a player yet to live up to his potential at Manchester United, but certainly has made life a little more tolerable for Manchester United circle at this point in time. However, the tolerance of the Manchester United circle has always been one which is very much limited with the current expectation proacted to unfold for the 2024/25 season understood to be the vision of Antony delivering on a higher scale for Manchester United must be the concept which is seen from the Brazilian regularly as a Manchester United player.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

The potential of receiving elite-level performance from Antony on a greater scale at Manchester United has been revealed as a potential outcome that might yet take place as the Brazilian forward displayed some eye-catching football in his first few games for Manchester United during Antonys' first season at Manchester United.

However, a massive over-reliance displayed by Antony towards the Brazilian forward's trusted left foot has seen defenders really focus on ways to limit the impact generated by Antony on the pitch for Manchester United with criticism now largely lodged against Antony as a player who simply has one skill has this mindset of a one trick pony having subsequently presented Antony as a largely limited player and has little no value for Manchester United. 

 

 

 

Nevertheless, 39 matches in a stretch handed to Antony as a starter for Manchester United under Erik Ten Hag saw the Dutch manager reinforce his trust in Brazilian forward Antony. This level of trust is understood to have continued to remain existent throughout the 20/23/24 season with Erik Ten Hag insistent on displaying his preference to implement Antony into the Manchester United starting lineup by isolating Jadon Sancho away from the Manchester United starting lineup even though Brazilian forward Antony continues to face a long-running legal battle as of early October 2023.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

The existence of the long-running legal case presented against Antony Is understood to be a situation that has seen the Brazilian forward remain banned from playing for Manchester United from August 2023.all the way until early October 2023. The vision of Antony having presented himself as a rather frustrated figure on the pitch during games in the ongoing turbulent 2023/24 Season for Manchester United has really made the concept of Erik Ten Hag handing, the Brazilian forward, a consistent place in the Manchester United starting lineup over a possible Jadon Sancho a somewhat confusing choice for football Enthusiasts to wrap their head around. 

 

 

 

“ The outcome in Brazil was clear. He is doing a good pre-season; he is also scoring some goals. He is more often in situations where he is a threat to the opposition. Also in the key moments, he is there where he should have been. Now he has to finish. In pre-season, he scored two goals and one assist. He is (in) a good direction, now he has to speed up because for us good is not good enough. Don’t get distracted, focus on football and performing.” 

(Erik Ten Hag- Jack Lang. October 10, 2023.)