Man Utd’s £47m “Pushover” quickly became Amorim’s own Antony

If you think Glazer’s time at United is full of mistakes and mistakes, check out how Sir Jim Ratcliff’s first few months at Old Trafford.

While Ratcliffe will be the one who helps Manchester United’s outstanding 10,000 new stages and regenerates in the area around the current stadium, he is also the one who gets rid of the canteen free lunch, which is the one who makes a lot of hard-working staff redundant.

He also calls on players to perform. Talk about honesty.

Ineos chief spoke in an inspiring interview with the BBC last week, especially as a beating on some players.

Of all these players, it’s safe to say that Anthony is one of the worst. Despite this, he had a very enjoyable time at Real Betis.

Anthony in 2025 at Real Betis

If a player completely encapsulates the reckless spending of the previous regime, Brazil winger Anthony must be brought to Manchester.

Proficiency, yes, dazzling, yes, full of promises, yes. He even worked with ten partners. In principle, bring Anthony into a meaningful ideology.

But, what makes no sense is the transfer fee. He moved from Ajax for a huge £85.6million, asking the question: Is Antony the worst value to be signed in Premier League history?

It’s hard to say no. In United Red, he scored only 12 goals in 96 games. As a result, he sold for £7.1 million per goal, and cost £8.91 million per game. This didn’t even consider his salary. The whole transfer was a mess.

While Ratcliffe bravely named the likes of Hojlund and Onana because they were regulars to Amorim, he was right.

That is, maybe it’s just the environment. While the 25-year-old still hasn’t proven that he deserves such a high price, he is at least looking for form now.

In the winter, the winger heads to Spain and the real Betis to loan his good time. It is worth noting that he is now one of the most legitimate players in Laliga, scoring four goals in 11 outings and providing four assists.

In the words of European football expert Zach Lowy, he “find a new lease at Betis”.

At least his form in Spain should mean that Manchester United can incur decent fees right now, so this could be a problem to be solved for Ratcliffe.

But how did he solve the Onana problem? He quickly became the next Anthony.

Manchester United’s new Anthony problem

It is safe to say that the Brazil international became his biggest scapegoat in North West England.

But while Hojlund did actually score, goalkeeper Onana’s form is still being questioned.

In short, he will be the new scapegoat, and if you want, the new Anthony, head coach Amorim just has to sign the replacement in the summer.

This will be a big window of change for Manchester United, but part of it must be finding new goalkeepers. This season, he struggled a lot, described as an “absolute push” by Manchester Evening News reporter Samuel Luckhurst.

His efforts to play against Ipswich in February have not been better since then.

This is strange, mainly because the gloves look like they have turned. Earlier this season, he led the league to get the cleanest sheets, with six of them, but the performance with the Tractor Boys only highlights why there are ongoing questions around Cameroon International.

The game was only four minutes as he flew to the edge of the box. New signing Patrick Dorgu ran toward him and passed the ball to where he expected Onana.

Shamelessly, Onana was not his expectation, nor was it the first time. As a result, it allowed Jaden Philogene to overtake the player and then hit the ball in an empty net.

This is not the first time, nor the last time, £120,000 per week has a wrong goal. Since moving to the Premier League, he has won four – the highest flight label is “The error that leads to goals” – three of which are campaigning.

There were a lot of mistakes against Ipswich, and in January, there was a mistake against Brighton, sprinkling a low cross into the path of Georginio Rutter, who was kicked into the footsteps.

At the same time, he was not much better in Europe, which dates back to the last semester. After a memorable misunderstanding night against Galatasaray in Turkey, it shows Onana made seven mistakes, which have led to Champions League goals since 2018/19. It’s really frustrated.

So, while Anthony never reached his high price, Onana also struggled to repay his high £47.2 million.

When summer comes, Ratcliffe only needs to get rid of both. Amorim’s side would be better.