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title: "Manchester United: Fabrizio Romano makes Antony claim"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/manchester-united-fabrizio-romano-antony-transfer-news-2/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Charlie Smith"
section: "Follow up"
published: "2022-06-21T11:40:18Z"
modified: "2022-06-21T11:40:18Z"
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# Manchester United: Fabrizio Romano makes Antony claim

**[Manchester United](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/manchester-united-transfer-rumours/) are ‘exploring’ a move for Ajax winger Antony, according to [Fabrizio Romano](https://www.givemesport.com/88023632-man-utd-internal-discussions-to-sign-57-5m-brazilian-at-old-trafford).**

### The Lowdown: Plenty of targets

The Red Devils are yet to make a marquee signing for Erik ten Hag despite seemingly having a number of apparent targets.

United’s [priority](https://twitter.com/david_ornstein/status/1536706343003901962?s=21&t=LYHH_GFDaU6In-j1Y8QJDw) is still a move for Barcelona midfielder Frenkie de Jong, while an [offer](https://twitter.com/david_ornstein/status/1536706343003901962?s=21&t=LYHH_GFDaU6In-j1Y8QJDw) has been made for free agent Christian Eriksen.

Defensive reinforcements could also be on the radar, with Ajax’s [Jurrien Timber](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/manchester-united-news/man-utd-fabrizio-romano-jurrien-timber-transfer-talks/) and Villarreal’s [Pau Torres](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/manchester-united-news/man-utd-fabrizio-romano-pau-torres-latest/) two potential targets, and Romano has added Antony to that list.

### The Latest: Another one…

Talking to [GiveMeSport](https://www.givemesport.com/88023632-man-utd-internal-discussions-to-sign-57-5m-brazilian-at-old-trafford), Romano was quizzed on United and Antony, stating that the club are ‘exploring’ a move and have held internal discussions.

The transfer expert also claimed that Ten Hag has done ‘incredible work’ in developing the winger in the Netherlands.

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> “Of course, Antony is one of the players they are exploring and they have discussed internally. Erik ten Hag is a big fan of this boy.
>
> “The Antony \[we see\] today is also thanks to the incredible work of Erik ten Hag. So, it’s absolutely normal to explore this possibility.”

### The Verdict: Clever move?

Antony is a right-winger who contributed to [22 goals in 32 games](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/antony/leistungsdaten/spieler/602105) under Ten Hag last season. The United boss currently doesn’t have a [senior](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/manchester-united/kader/verein/985) right-winger at Old Trafford, so a move for the Brazilian would make sense.

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The 22-year-old is valued at a career-high £31.5m by [Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/antony/marktwertverlauf/spieler/602105), so United would be getting a high-quality attacker who, you’d like to think, has the scope to improve on his already impressive game, making it a shrewd transfer in both the short and long term.

***In other news: [Man Utd make bid to sign attacking ‘storm’ after multiple phone calls.](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/manchester-united-news/manchester-united-raphinha-transfer-offer/)***