Manchester United misfit Antony makes honest transfer admission ahead of return

Antony admits he has no idea whether he will be able to return to next season following the outfit's crushing defeat in the Europa Conference League final against .

The winger, 25, was farmed out on loan by in January after failing to impress in a red shirt since his blockbuster £85million transfer in the summer of 2022. He has , although he was largely anonymous in Wednesday night's final in Poland, .

An emotional was quizzed about his future after the game; and while he continues , the Brazilian is taking nothing for granted ahead of the summer transfer window.

Speaking to CBS Sports, Antony said: "I don’t what will happen in the future, only God knows.

"My work is playing and I’m doing that well. I have a lot of affection for Betis, for everyone but I have a contract with Man United and I don’t know what’s going to happen, only they know what’s happening.

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"Now I will go to the national team and then on holiday then we will see what happens in the future. I’m very happy here, everyone knows that. I went to sleep and I woke up happy but I have a contract and I don’t know what’s going to happen."

Manchester United would welcome the chance to offload Antony for good and are prepared to take a significant loss on a player who has never looked like the same star that dazzled under the club's previous manager, , at .

But while the Red Devils will consider serious offers for all of their players this summer, there are significant doubts that Betis could finance a permanent deal for Antony.

After lighting up La Liga during his loan spell, all eyes were on Antony ahead of Wednesday night's big game with Chelsea. But he failed to perform and was even branded "a ghost" by former Blues defender Frank Leboeuf.

He told : "It wasn’t his night. I don’t really follow La Liga except the big games but I thought Antony had a better change in his football. Today I saw the ghost that was playing for Manchester United. The only thing he did was pick fights with Enzo Fernandez.

"I was very disappointed with his game, I was expecting something more creative and dangerous. Unfortunately for Betis we didn’t see the Antony who has been good during his loan. That guy has to avoid English football, that’s it. Don’t play against English teams and don’t play for any football club in England because it doesn’t suit him."

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