Ronaldo tries to sign €100m Premier League flop

Carlo Garganese

Updated: 7 Aug 2024 11:34 BST
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Cristiano Ronaldo, Al-Nassr, 2023/24 — © IMAGO

Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr are trying to sign Manchester United flop Antony.

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According to Football Insider, the Brazilian winger is a top target for the Saudi Arabian club this summer.

Ronaldo, who plays a key role in Al-Nassr’s transfer negotiations, is attempting to use his influence to convince new stars to the club.

Indeed, the Portuguese superstar already helped bring former Man Utd left back Alex Telles to Al-Nassr, along with the likes of Sadio Mane, Marcelo Brozovic and Aymeric Laporte.

Antony is the latest target of the Saudi Pro League team.

Man Utd are desperate to offload €100 million flop Antony this summer in order to raise cash to sign more players.

Antony has endured a horrific couple of seasons at Manchester United since joining from Ajax, and has become something of a figure of fun among fans and the media.

Antony has also been linked with Turkish side Besiktas and a move back to Brazil with Sao Paulo, but both these reports were unfounded.

© IMAGO - Antony has been a disaster for Man Utd

Antony at Man Utd

Antony joined from Ajax in the summer of 2022 for €100m and big things were expected of Ten Hag’s former pupil.

However, Antony has been an unmitigated disaster at Old Trafford. He bagged just four Premier League goals in his inaugural season and looked well short of the physical, mental and even technical levels required to play for such a big team.

This past season, Antony was even worse with just one Premier League goal and one assist.

Despite this, Erik ten Hag has often persisted with Antony in the starting XI but things have gone from bad to worse for the Brazilian.

He is now available to buy this summer.