Erik ten Hag sends clear message to Antony as £86m winger faces Man Utd crossroads
When Manchester United plays Barnsley in the Carabao Cup third round on Tuesday night at Old Trafford, Antony will be looking for his first start of the season.
Antony needs to “earn the right” to start for Manchester United, according to Erik ten Hag.
With an £86 million transfer fee, Antony is the second most expensive player in United’s history, after only Paul Pogba’s £89 million club record.
Tomorrow, when United plays League One Barnsley at home in their Carabao Cup third round match, the winger will be looking to start for the first time this season.
Ten Hag, nevertheless, cautioned Antony that he needs to establish himself as a genuine starter if he wants to replace Marcus Rashford, Alejandro Garnacho, and Amad Diallo in the United starting lineup.
Ten Hag ended the team’s six-year trophy drought in his first season at United by winning the Carabao Cup. The following season, he added the FA Cup to his collection.
In light of this, Ten Hag declared that he values the Carabao Cup highly and that he will exert all effort to raise the trophy at Wembley once more.
Ten Hag remarked, “It’s about trophies, but I don’t talk only about this; you guys are talking about how we have to win.”
“So obviously, our goal is to win a trophy, and we take
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“I wouldn’t say the FA Cup and the Carabao Cup are insignificant.” They matter. When a team wins a trophy as Liverpol did last year, I see all the teams fighting for it and the attention that comes from all the teams, owners, and managers. It is what we both desire. In football, winning trophies is really important, and we want to win every game we play.
Ten Hag is evasive about the comeback dates of injured players Luke Shaw, Rasmus Hojlund, Mason Mount, Leny Yoro, and Victor Lindelof.
Ten Hag stated that while Luke Shaw is making progress, he is not yet prepared to be chosen.
“We have an idea of when he will be ready, but there are so many variables that can cause a plan to accelerate or slow down that you can’t think, you can only rely on how the progress will go.”
