19 Jan 2025 08:25:17
Looks like antonty will be going on loan to betis.

1.) 19 Jan 2025
19 Jan 2025 09:16:23
Fingers crossed with an obligation to buy! Simon Stone (T1) tweeted saying they were advancing well so hopefully soon.

2.) 19 Jan 2025
19 Jan 2025 10:03:26
Surely he has to go down as our absolute worst transfer of all time?

He looked talented and promising for Ajax, but we absolutely had our pants pulled down on the price. Apparently Bayern Munich were interested in him for around 35m which is around what we valued him at as well. The fact that someone at the club gave the green light to pay 85m a whopping 50m more than we valued him at not only needs firing but surely investigating for fraud or embezzlement. That surely cannot be a completely legitimate deal.

They literally agreed to pay two and a half times as much as they thought he was worth.

On the pitch he's been such a disappointment, literally you could go to 15 or 16 Championship clubs and sign a better winger from them.

Clearly he needed the very structured team play that Ajax produce along with being in the best team in the league which is filled with mostly second rate teams for him to look good.

The moment he played in a league where you have a lot of quality players across the league, in a team that doesn't dominate, and with players around him who cannot carry him or cover for his weaknesses he has been absolutely abysmal.

Yes he works hard off the ball, but that's about all you can say as a positive for him. Which let's be honest, working hard for the team should be a minimal expectation not something to be given a pat on the back for.

On the ball he is slow and indecisive, he has no end product, he is quick enough over short distances but lacks real pace, especially over longer distances, he doesn't have any clever skills (other than being a crap ballerina), he has no right foot to speak of, and he is easily brushed off the ball.

Antony along with Sancho and maybe Zirkzee (we'll see) should stand as a warning about signing players from teams that have a very distinct identity and playing style/ system. It creates a side that is greater than the sum of its parts, making individual players look far better than they actually are.

Unless you play in more or less exactly the same way then you run the risk of them not being able to bring that level of form from their current team to your side.

3.) 19 Jan 2025
19 Jan 2025 19:02:37
Think we should insist on a different clause, that they take Onana for free or the deal’s off! Rather have friggin Captain Birdseye in goal!

4.) 20 Jan 2025
20 Jan 2025 04:28:31
For me he is the worst buy with sanchez and sancho. all 3 were pretty awful. Hope he goes and hope rash goes as it looks like no way to repair things. Cas needs to go too as he is hardly playing now any minutes. Crazy how we paid that kind of money for these players.

5.) 21 Jan 2025
21 Jan 2025 05:46:51
Okay so label me confused. We should steer away from players from a team that play a distinct style but we want players that can play a distinct style. How will we know if they can play RA style if they are not already?

Seems an ongoing risk to me.