Dutch coach Ten Hag is betting on them to "rebuild" the team

Man United includes 4 players for 264 million euros, most notably Brazilian Anthony

  • Anthony moved to Man United from Ajax.

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Since the end of last season, Manchester United has made headlines in the media, after it became one of the most sought-after clubs in the European summer transfer market, which officially ended at midnight yesterday.

Since the club announced the contract with Dutch coach Ten Hag months before the end of last season, pressure is increasing on the American Glazer family that owns the club, after the team’s results declined very significantly, and it ended last season in sixth place, and it will not participate in the most important competition in Europe (Champions League). ) in the current season.

Ten Hag, who obtained a green light to include the right players, sought to start the project to return the club to its well-known level, and it was not surprising that only four players were spending 264 million euros in the "summer Mercato", on top of the deal that ended two days before the transfer market closed. And it is related to the young and distinguished Brazilian striker, Anthony (22 years), who plays as a winger, and moved to United from Ajax for a record 100 million euros, amounting to 95 million euros, in addition to five million additions.

This is the largest deal in the history of transfers in the Netherlands, where Ajax owns the lion's share of it, and the last of which was a few years ago in the transfer of De Jong to Barcelona for 86 million euros.

Anthony's transfer was very complicated, as Ten Hag knew him closely and supervised him last season when he was coach of Ajax.

Ajax repeatedly rejected the offers made by Man United, and it started from 50 million euros until it was raised in exchange for double, which eventually made Ajax agree.

Anthony was born on February 24, 2000, and has been playing for Ajax since 2020.

He defended the Ajax shirt in 82 games, in which he scored 24 goals, and won the Dutch league title twice in 2021 and 2022, in addition to the local cup in 2021. He scored two goals and two assists in nine international matches with Brazil, and also won the gold of the last Tokyo Olympics.

And Anthony was hardly pressured to complete his transfer, after a severe dispute with the Ajax administration, where he threatened to rebel and not play if his transfer was not facilitated.

Ten Hag is betting heavily on Anthony to lead the Mann attack, especially in light of the big changes that the Dutch coach has started working on since the beginning of the season.

Martinez..leader of the defense

The Argentine Sandro Martinez is one of the first deals concluded by Ten Hag, the first player to sign him, from those he trained at Ajax last season.

United paid in Martinez 67 million euros, to be one of the pillars of defense that the Dutch coach is betting on, as he seeks to form the defense leader he needs, and form a duo with similar tasks with the French Varane.

Since the beginning of the season, Martinez has taken the main place of the English defender and captain Maguire, and has shown great ingenuity in recent matches, which enhances the possibility of keeping him as a key player.

Casemiro..a safety valve

United's signing of Real Madrid's defensive midfielder Casemiro was very smooth, as it took only two days of negotiations to officially announce his transfer, for 80 million euros, a huge number they paid in a 30-year-old player.

But Ten Hag sees it as one of the important pieces of his project, especially to fill defensive gaps.

Malacia.. great defensive and offensive capabilities

Another player Ten Hag knows closely and is familiar with his technical capabilities is the Dutch youngster Tyrell Malacia (22 years old), although he was not a player in his former club Ajax, but rather in the Dutch Feyenoord.

Ten Hag contracted with Malacia for 17 million euros.

It is characterized by defensive and offensive capabilities, and has become essential in recent matches.

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