Antony ‘wasn’t happy’ and ‘lacke desire to play’ during ‘difficult times’ at Man Utd
Antony has opene up about the emotional toll of his Manchester United struggles, revealing. He “couldn’t take it any more” before rediscovering his love for football on loan at Real Betis.
Antony move to Spain in January after a difficult spell at Old Trafford, where he เล่นเกมคาสิโน UFABET ทันสมัย ฝากถอนง่าย faile to justify his £86 million price tag following his 2022 move from Ajax.
In 96 appearances for Utd, Antony manage just 12 goals and five assists. But since joining Betis, the 25-year-old has scored nine goals and is set to start in the Europa Conference League final against Chelsea on Wednesday night.
Speaking to ahead of the game, Antony became emotional as he reflecte on his time in Manchester.
“[Coming to Betis] change a lot because I need to find myself, because of everything I went through in my personal life,” he said.
As I said, I wanted to do things, but they didn’t seem to work out because I wasn’t happy, I didn’t feel that desire to play football, and I neede to find myself and be happy again because playing football was always something I love.
“I went through difficult times [at United] when I no longer felt that pleasure. I even always told my brother, I told him that I couldn’t take it any more.”
Antony’s form in Spain has praise by Real Betis boss Manuel Pellegrini, who defende the winger’s time in England and backe his talent.
Also, when you buy a player for that amount of money, it is not always because you made a mistake.
“Maybe there some reasons why Antony could not play the way he knows at Manchester United, but that is another thing.