Eric ten Haag was unsuccessful in his search for the striker, and one of them reveals that he sent him messages and lured him to move to Manchester United.
The Dutch expert wants to strengthen the attack of his team and has been looking for a striker for several weeks, but so far no one has come and the question is whether he will come because there are only eight days left until the end of the transfer window.
Ten Hag have been following Antony for a long time and it seems the Brazilian is not the only Ajax player Ten Hag want at Old Trafford.
Brian Brobbie claims the United manager wanted to bring him in this summer but the player signed for the Dutch giants.
The 20-year-old spent last season on loan at Ajax, scoring seven league goals in just 11 games. These performances caught the attention of the 52-year-old, who sent the striker a message about a move to Old Trafford.
But Broby turned down calls from Ten Haag because he wanted to return to Ajax.
Speaking to Voetbal International, he said: “I absolutely wanted to go to Ajax. Eric also wanted to work with me, he texted me once to see if I was up for it, but I thanked him profusely. I wanted you to go back to Ajax. “My friends are here, I like Ajax’s style of play, it was simply the best for me,” said the forward.
“First I have to really succeed here as a striker for Ajax. It was the same for the past six months, when I played here as a loan player. After that I really had the feeling that I had to go back. Believe me, in a few years I will provide Ajax with a nice compensation and then the club will be ready for my transfer together with me.”
The young Dutch representative came to Ajax from Leipzig for 16.3 million euros. In the current season, in three games from the Eredivisie, he scored one goal with two assists.
As for United, they continue their season with a game against Southampton. It had a difficult start, two defeats, but then a victory over Liverpool (2:1), which could be a real turning point.
