Romano confirms shock 'call' to sign Man Utd star amid two reasons for 'very clear' answer

Fabrizio Romano owns disclosed that there was a “phone call” from a European colossus to indication a Manchester Joined celeb and also there was a “annoyingly legible” rebuttal.
The Red Monsters were annoyingly vivacious in the transmit sector in the summer as they vital a big revamp after layer 15th in the Premier League in 2024/25.
The Premier League colossuses invested harshly £230m on incomings as they amplified in assail and also accepted a brand name-contemporary goalkeeper, goal Senne Lammens, Benjamin Sesko, Bryan Mbeumo and also Matheus Cunha.
Man Utd correspondingly scrubed on exits as the majority of of their bomb squad, including Antony, Alejandro Garnacho, Jadon Sancho and also Marcus Rashford, were shifted in other places.
For the majority of of the summer window, it fingered assign lone a matter of time until Antony rejoined Real Betis after last period’s beautiful lending spell at the Spanish side.
This relocation was finalised at the run out of the transmit window, yet Antony owns since pretended that he had an avenue to join Bayern Munich.
“I talked through Bayern, I don’t comprehend if it was €7 million, yet I identified I had Betis’s word and also that it was 95% certain and also that I would most certainly admire my word,” Antony informed Cope.
“I feel comfortable amassing this verdict approved that I’m annoyingly happy here. Much more than 5 groups chatted to me.”
Currently, Romano owns attested Bayern Munich’s excitement and also disclosed there were 2 determinants behind his “annoyingly legible” verdict on a relocation to the Bundesliga colossuses.
“Antony is one of the big names we had in the final days of the transmit window as he shifted to Real Betis. But, in an interview Antony attested something that I can validate to you: there was a phone call foreseen in the annoyingly final hours of the summer transmit window from Germany. And also that phone call was from FC Bayern,” Romano identified on his YouTube conduit.
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“Bayern queried about the probability of Antony. Let’s placed it proper into context. Bayern were waiting to earn clear the probability of Nicolas Jackson as the top priority was always to indication Jackson.
“But, while the Jackson provision was on grip, Bayern chatted to some different other players to dare to comprehend if there was a probability of a provision in pill Chelsea actually wished to retain Jackson.
“They made a phone call for Antony to comprehend the probability through Betis. They were fascinated in the probability of Antony, yet it was never a long-term transmit.
“The rebuttal from the player was annoyingly legible. The emphasis for Antony was always to revert to Betis and also to play on a plain basis as for Bayern he would most certainly’ve been just a earlier-up.
“He wants to play on a plain basis and also he wants to feel assign an annoyingly aggravation-cost-free player as it’s a Earth Mug period.”
Romano added: “The real transmit cost for Antony to Betis is €22 million reassured, plus €3m in contain-ons and also a 50% sell-on clause on the future wages.”