Is Antony returning to Manchester United this summer? Winger gives update on his future after Real Betis loan ends

Antony has been reborn while on loan at Real Betis, and his Manchester United future remains up in the air. The winger’s temporary switch to Spain has been an incredible move for him, despite missing out on Conference League glory. Antony has looked like a different player at BetisGetty Real Betis fell to a 4-1 defeat to Chelsea in the club’s first European final, with Antony failing to get a fairytale end to his loan spell. He finished with nine goals and five assists for the LaLiga side in all competitions and has looked like the player Man United thought they’d signed from Ajax for £82million in the summer of 2022. But despite playing so well with Betis, his future is up in the air. Is Antony returning to Manchester United? Antony has now played the final match of his loan spell, so as things stand, he will be a full United player again. The temporary switch to Betis didn’t include an option or obligation to buy. Of course, whether he is actually ever going to return to Manchester is another question entirely. The Red Devils conclude their post-season tour of Asia with a friendly against the Hong Kong national team on Friday. Antony will not have to travel from the Conference League final in Poland to take part. He instead will enjoy a few days’ rest before joining up with Brazil after being included in Carlo Ancelotti‘s first squad. Once the international break is over, the winger will no doubt head on holiday, and in that time, a transfer could be arranged. Antony had to settle for a runners-up medal in the Conference LeagueGetty Should he fail to agree on a move before the start of pre-season in July, then Antony will be expected to return to Carrington. However, that seems unlikely, with United having to sell players this summer to generate funds for a summer rebuild. Matheus Cunha is set to join from Wolves, and an ambitious move for Bryan Mbeumo have also been targeted. “I don’t what will happen in the future, only God knows,” Antony told CBS Sports after the Conference League final. “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. Antony’s transformation at Betis under Manuel Pellegrini has been outstandingGetty “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 but I have a contract.” Antony has also been talking recently about how hard life in Manchester was. Speaking to TNT Sports Brazil, he said: “I always say that I had good moments but I had very difficult moments too. Not only on the field but off it. “I went through some very difficult times there that ended up affecting me a lot. But I am very grateful even for these difficult moments that I went through. Today, I feel much more mature, much more prepared, I feel much better. “It was a moment when I thought about stopping playing. I no longer felt that desire to play football because of everything I was going through, because of all the accusations and because I had remained silent for so long. Antony at Man United looked lostGetty “[My career] has changed a lot [at Betis]. It changed a lot because I needed to find myself, for everything I went through there in my personal life. I wanted to do things, but it seemed like it wasn’t happening because I wasn’t happy, I wasn’t feeling that desire to play football anymore, and I needed to find myself. “Playing football was always something that I loved and I went through difficult times when I didn’t feel that pleasure anymore. “I would always talk to my brother, I used to say, ‘I can’t do it anymore, I can’t do it anymore’. He said: ‘Hold on a little longer and things will change’. “I even get emotional because it was very difficult for me. Only I know what it was like inside the house, not even having the strength to even play with my son, having days without eating, staying in my room. “It was very complicated but with the help of my family with the help of God, I managed to turn things around. I’m already very happy here.” That doesn’t sound like a player who is that keen on heading back to Man United. The Red Devils will be trying to recoup as much of the £82m they spent on the 25-year-old, but it’s unlikely Betis could come anywhere close to that. As a result, we might see him head somewhere else in Europe. But until any deal happens, he remains a United player and still has two years of his deal left.

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Is Antony returning to Manchester United this summer? Winger gives update on his future after Real Betis loan ends

Antony has been reborn while on loan at Real Betis, and his Manchester United future remains up in the air.

The winger’s temporary switch to Spain has been an incredible move for him, despite missing out on Conference League glory.

Antony has looked like a different player at Betis

Real Betis fell to a 4-1 defeat to Chelsea in the club’s first European final, with Antony failing to get a fairytale end to his loan spell.

He finished with nine goals and five assists for the LaLiga side in all competitions and has looked like the player Man United thought they’d signed from Ajax for £82million in the summer of 2022.

But despite playing so well with Betis, his future is up in the air.

Is Antony returning to Manchester United?

Antony has now played the final match of his loan spell, so as things stand, he will be a full United player again.

The temporary switch to Betis didn’t include an option or obligation to buy.

Of course, whether he is actually ever going to return to Manchester is another question entirely.

The Red Devils conclude their post-season tour of Asia with a friendly against the Hong Kong national team on Friday.

Antony will not have to travel from the Conference League final in Poland to take part.

He instead will enjoy a few days’ rest before joining up with Brazil after being included in Carlo Ancelotti‘s first squad.

Once the international break is over, the winger will no doubt head on holiday, and in that time, a transfer could be arranged.

Antony had to settle for a runners-up medal in the Conference League

Should he fail to agree on a move before the start of pre-season in July, then Antony will be expected to return to Carrington.

However, that seems unlikely, with United having to sell players this summer to generate funds for a summer rebuild.

Matheus Cunha is set to join from Wolves, and an ambitious move for Bryan Mbeumo have also been targeted.

“I don’t what will happen in the future, only God knows,” Antony told CBS Sports after the Conference League final.

“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.

Antony’s transformation at Betis under Manuel Pellegrini has been outstanding

“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 but I have a contract.”

Antony has also been talking recently about how hard life in Manchester was.

Speaking to TNT Sports Brazil, he said: “I always say that I had good moments but I had very difficult moments too. Not only on the field but off it.

“I went through some very difficult times there that ended up affecting me a lot. But I am very grateful even for these difficult moments that I went through. Today, I feel much more mature, much more prepared, I feel much better.

“It was a moment when I thought about stopping playing. I no longer felt that desire to play football because of everything I was going through, because of all the accusations and because I had remained silent for so long.

“[My career] has changed a lot [at Betis]. It changed a lot because I needed to find myself, for everything I went through there in my personal life. I wanted to do things, but it seemed like it wasn’t happening because I wasn’t happy, I wasn’t feeling that desire to play football anymore, and I needed to find myself.

“Playing football was always something that I loved and I went through difficult times when I didn’t feel that pleasure anymore.

“I would always talk to my brother, I used to say, ‘I can’t do it anymore, I can’t do it anymore’. He said: ‘Hold on a little longer and things will change’.

“I even get emotional because it was very difficult for me. Only I know what it was like inside the house, not even having the strength to even play with my son, having days without eating, staying in my room.

“It was very complicated but with the help of my family with the help of God, I managed to turn things around. I’m already very happy here.”

That doesn’t sound like a player who is that keen on heading back to Man United.

The Red Devils will be trying to recoup as much of the £82m they spent on the 25-year-old, but it’s unlikely Betis could come anywhere close to that.

As a result, we might see him head somewhere else in Europe.

But until any deal happens, he remains a United player and still has two years of his deal left.