Manchester United forward Antony will not be leaving Old Trafford on deadline day or indeed this summer at all after links to Spanish outfit Real Betis were crushed by Fabrizio Romano, while the LaLiga side have also run into trouble over a deal for one of his Red Devils teammates.
The Red Devils have attacked the transfer window with real purpose this summer, making four significant first-team signings and two youth team prospects, the second of which – in 18-year-old Sekou Kone – was confirmed on Friday evening. However, those six arrivals have also been offset by several big-name departures at Manchester United with a ruthless Sir Jim Ratcliffe cutting a swathe through the squad and ridding the club of a plethora of underperforming stars.
With confirmation that Anthony Martial and Raphael Varane were to be showed the door even before the last campaign ended, United have also moved on Donny van de Beek, Mason Greenwood, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Facundo Pellistri and Hannibal Mejbri. On deadline day evening, United also bid an emotional farewell to Scott McTominay, who leaves in a €30m (£25m) deal to Napoli.
However, United are far from done yet and talks over the departure of Jadon Sancho to Chelsea have progressed to the point where an agreement has been reached with all parties, though TEAMtalk understands the Blues need to offload Raheem Sterling first – with a move to Arsenal progressing – before they can confirm the capture of Sancho.
With both Sterling and Sancho’s move still in a state of flux at the time of writing, we also revealed earlier on Friday how negotiations between United and Sterling had ground to a halt.
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