Real betis CEO Ramon Alarcon said he was “carefully optimistic” Antony It will continue the club after this summer.
Antony, 25, was a big hit In Spain follows his loan from Manchester Unitedwhere he lasted the difficult first half of the season.
A loan agreement that has taken Brazil In January, Winger did not include the possibility of the Spanish club to automatically make his stay permanent this summer.
Alarcon, however, said Canal Sur: “When we talked about the possibility of bringing Antony in January, I saw it further before I saw it stays now. It’s because both Manchester United and the player saw that the real Betis is a great place where the player evolves.
Yet AlarCon said he knew it wouldn’t be easy to preserve a player who joined United in the transfer of £ 85 million ($ 108 million) from Ajax in 2022.
Antony has a contract with United until June 2027.
“It will be difficult because he is a player owned by Manchester with financial conditions that are what they are,” Alarcon said on Antony. “I’m cautiously optimistic.”
Alarcon said Antony staying in Betis next season in the loan capacity would benefit United.
“In 2026, the World Championship is, the player wants to play at the World Championship and Manchester (United) wants the player to increase,” he said.
In United, Antony scored only 12 goals in 96 performances. He scored four goals and prepared four of the 13 performances for Betis.
Antony has not played for the national team since 2023 and has only two goals in 16 shows.
Meanwhile, Antony adapted well Betis and Lalize and said in February that he was “Found himself” in the club.
Betis is sixth in Lalize and the host of the Polish side of Jagiellonia Białystok in Thursday’s quarterly quarterly quarterfinals of the first stage.
