{"id":615331,"date":"2022-07-27T05:46:29","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T09:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=615331"},"modified":"2022-07-27T05:52:41","modified_gmt":"2022-07-27T09:52:41","slug":"manchester-united-double-swoop-antony-martinez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/27\/manchester-united-double-swoop-antony-martinez\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United Could Complete \u00a3141 Million Double Swoop for &#8216;Perfect&#8217; Duo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/27\/fabrizio-romano-manchester-united-frenkie-de-jong\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United<\/a> could complete a \u00a3141 million double swoop this summer as Erik ten Hag looks to link up with some familiar faces.<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraaf.nl\/sport\/1817991880\/ajax-heeft-dreiging-van-antony-gewoon-nodig?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=seeding-telesport\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">interview<\/a>, Ajax manager Alfred Schreuder admitted that &#8220;you never know&#8221; when talking about the future of United target Antony. The winger is one of the Red Devils&#8217; main summer targets, with Ten Hag keen to link up with his former colleague.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/26\/preston-loan-manchester-united-u23-player\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United Send Former Real Madrid Defender Out on Loan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, it is only a matter of time before United announce the signing of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/26\/lisandro-martinez-manchester-united-transfer\/\" target=\"_self\">Lisandro Martinez<\/a>. They have agreed on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11667\/12651255\/lisandro-martinez-manchester-united-agree-57m-deal-for-ajax-defender-to-sign-on-five-year-contract\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fee<\/a> of \u00a357 million with the Dutch giants, and the move&#8217;s confirmation is seemingly imminent after the centre-back <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dansheldonsport\/status\/1551873187536846851?s=20&amp;t=FMtzz6uWiBvxbJ8hq0cGeg\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">arrived at Carrington<\/a> yesterday with <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/26\/manchester-united-christian-eriksen-training\/\" target=\"_self\">Christian Eriksen, who was reporting for his first day at his new club<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Manchester United Could Complete \u00a3141 Million Double Swoop<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ajax manager Alfred Schreuder tells <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZiggoSport?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@ZiggoSport<\/a> on Antony\u2019s future: \u201cWe are assuming that we can keep this squad together. But I know, and everyone knows, that in football you never know\u201d. \u26aa\ufe0f\ud83d\udd34\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddf7 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/transfers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#transfers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Antony\u2019s still one of the names in Erik ten Hag\u2019s list at Man United. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7YZ24upOOT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/7YZ24upOOT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1552031200214224896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Alfred Schreuder&#8217;s Interview<\/h3>\n<p>In his interview with Dutch journalist Mike Verweij,\u00a0Schreuder said: &#8220;Internally we have agreed that we want to keep the current squad together. Nobody wants to sell him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Antony is working well. I don&#8217;t have the feeling that he&#8217;s busy with a transfer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Ajax boss did also concede that the transfer market can be unpredictable, revealing: \u201cwe are assuming that we can keep this squad together. But I know, and everyone knows, that in football you never know\u201d.<\/p>\n<h3>An Expensive Double Swoop<\/h3>\n<p>Although Ajax don&#8217;t have the financial power of the world&#8217;s biggest clubs, they are by no means weak and aren&#8217;t under any obligation to sell their players cheap.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a357 million for Martinez is no small fee, and United are taking a slight risk on a player who has no experience in Europe&#8217;s top five leagues.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/25\/manchester-united-defender-as-roma-move\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United Defender Could Be on His Way to Italy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the asking price set for Antony is even steeper. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-11053057\/Ajax-raise-asking-price-Antony-68m-84m-ward-Manchester-United-transfer-interest.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reports<\/a> on Wednesday morning, Ajax now want \u00a384 million if they are to sell the Brazilian winger. This would represent virtually all of United&#8217;s remaining <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/05\/28\/manchester-united-summer-transfer-budget-revealed\/\" target=\"_self\">transfer budget<\/a>, and with a move for a midfielder still on the cards, this will be a difficult move for United to complete.<\/p>\n<p>The duo have, though, both been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/manchester-united\/antony-flourish-premier-league-four-traits-perfect-red-devils-ajax-raid-pundit\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">described as<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/khelnow.com\/football\/premier-league-manchester-united-top-five-reasons-lisandro-martinez-is-perfect-for-them\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;perfect&#8221;<\/a>, and would both likely excel at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United could complete a \u00a3141 million double swoop this summer as Erik ten Hag looks to link up with some familiar faces. In an interview, Ajax manager Alfred Schreuder admitted that &#8220;you never know&#8221; when talking about the future of United target Antony. The winger is one of the Red Devils&#8217; main summer targets, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3312,"featured_media":615332,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8425,8426,18,3,7188],"tags":[9029,9239,7380],"class_list":["post-615331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eredivisie","category-ajax","category-manchester-united","category-premier-league","category-rumours","tag-antony","tag-lisandro-martinez","tag-manchester-united-transfer-rumours"],"modified_by":"Joseph Howes, Site Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3312"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}