{"id":216853,"date":"2023-11-25T04:19:40","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T04:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/?p=216853"},"modified":"2023-11-25T04:19:40","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T04:19:40","slug":"man-utd-legend-suggests-antony-is-primark-player-with-zara-price-tag-who-would-have-left-him-pulling-his-hair-out-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/sport\/man-utd-legend-suggests-antony-is-primark-player-with-zara-price-tag-who-would-have-left-him-pulling-his-hair-out-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd legend suggests Antony is Primark player with Zara price tag who would have left him 'pulling his hair out' | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

MANCHESTER UNITED legend Andy Cole has suggested that Antony is a \u201cPrimark\u201d player who just happens to have a \u201cZara\u201d price tag.<\/strong><\/p>\n

And the Treble winner admits the Brazilian winger would have left him \u201cpulling his hair out\u201d in his playing days.<\/p>\n

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Antony, 23, cost a whopping \u00a385.5million when United signed him from Ajax in 2022.<\/p>\n

Big things were expected from the left-footer, who had shined under Erik ten Hag in the Dutch capital.<\/p>\n

But Antony\u2019s first Premier League season saw him net just four times in 25 outings.<\/p>\n

And he is yet to score once in nine games this season after taking time off to deal with allegations of domestic abuse.<\/p>\n

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And one former United player who believes Antony must pull his socks up is five-time Premier League winner Cole.<\/p>\n

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And he believes Antony\u2019s price tag is not reflected in his performances on the pitch.<\/p>\n

Indeed, Cole reckons the winger may as well have been plucked from \u201cPrimark\u201d despite coming with a \u201cZara\u201d price tag.<\/p>\n

And the 15-time England international is adamant he would been \u201cdriven mad\u201d if he\u2019d had to share the same pitch as Antony during his playing career.<\/p>\n

Cole told Betfred: \u201cIf I played with Antony, it would drive me mad. As a centre-forward, if you\u2019re playing with someone like Antony and he doesn\u2019t get to the byline and put crosses in, then you\u2019re going to be pulling your hair out. <\/p>\n

\u201cStrikers need crosses, especially Rasmus Hojlund who hasn\u2019t scored in the Premier League yet. When Antony cuts in on his left-foot, nine times out of ten he\u2019s going to shoot.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only chances Hojlund\u2019s going to receive from Antony is if the opposition goalkeeper parries any of his shots from distance.<\/p>\n

\u201cI sometimes have to ask myself what Antony\u2019s strengths are? He doesn't take players on, he doesn\u2019t create chances and he doesn\u2019t score goals. So what are his strengths?<\/p>\n

\u201cWe paid a massive amount of money for him. When you look at a club like Brighton who signed [Kaoru] Mitoma for \u00a32.7 million, then you have to ask what market are Manchester United shopping in when Brighton pays that for Mitoma and we end up paying \u00a386 million for Antony?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAre we not shopping in the same market? It\u2019s like Primark and Zara; you think by paying more to shop at Zara, the quality will be better, but it turns out to be the same as Primark, so you end up paying more for the same thing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI look at the transfers we\u2019ve made over the last 10 years and we\u2019ve spent a hell of a lot of money on players that other clubs would have paid less for, so is it a case of Manchester United tax? We can\u2019t continue doing that.<\/p>\n

\u201cAntony\u2019s had a really disappointing season. I understand he\u2019s had things going on in the background, but that aside, playing football is ultimately what he does and I struggle to see what he has given the team so far.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIf his form doesn\u2019t improve throughout the season, you never know what will happen. It all depends on how much longer the manager wants to stick with him.\u201d<\/p>\n

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