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“You’re right about the lack of potential game-changers on United’s bench,” says Jon Collins, “but it really is an indictment of their transfer policy, and his performances in a United shirt, that Antony – a £86m winger – is neither a starter nor a useful substitute. Presumably he has little or no resale value, so are they stuck with him till his contract runs out?”
There will surely come a moment when he’s desperate for game time. A piece in the Sunday Times today posits a simple explanation for his struggles: in the Eredivisie, teams don’t double up on wingers, so at Ajax Antony often found himself one-v-one and able to cut inside and score. In the Premier League they do double up, so they can block off that avenue, and his lack of a strong right foot makes it hard for him to go round the outside.
