Stefan Borson: Man United could get extra £20m+ after agreeing ‘interesting’ deal
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James Murray
Tue 9 September 2025 15:53, UK
Manchester United could get more than £21million extra if Real Betis go on to sell Antony in a big-money deal.
Antony joined Real Betis permanently on deadline day (1 September) after Man United spent the summer window trying to offload the winger.
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Speaking exclusively to Football Insider, Borson said: “The reality is there are no buyers, so if you’ve got no buyers, then what are you going to do?
“He’s a player with a big liability, and they’ve done an interesting deal in some ways.
They have spent the money and the player has failed.
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“So, you’ve got to look at it as you are now and say, we’ve got €25million and, if he does anything at all at Betis, that’s impressive.
They can sell him for €50million (£43.4million) somewhere you would think, and that’s going to get United another €25million.
“So, it’s not terrible.
If he fails completely, then they still got €25million for a player that’s now failed at United and failed at Betis, so they’ve come out of it not well, but they’ve mitigated the damage.
“It’s better than having a Sterling situation or a Kalvin Phillips situation, where the player appears to be worth almost zero.”
Meanwhile, Football Insider revealed on 7 September Christian Eriksen is likely to join a new club soon after being released by Man United in July.