Antony: Former Man United star narrowly avoids second red of weekThe Peoples PersonFri, November 28, 2025 at 8:00 AM UTC·2 min readFormer Manchester United winger Antony has continued to have an eventful time in Spain.
United career
The Brazilian joined United in the summer of 2022 for an eye-watering £85 million.
Despite making a positive start with three goals in his opening three games, Antony flattered to deceive in his debut season.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementUnfortunately, this was as good as it was going to get for the Brazilian as he desperately struggled in 2023-2024 and barely had a kick in the 2024-2025 season.
Career revival in Spain
Owing to a lack of game time, Antony was loaned out to La Liga side Real Betis in the January window last season and took Spain by storm.
He scored a multitude of world-class strikes and helped lead his team to Europa League football and reaching the final of the Conference League.
As a result, Antony finally made a permanent transfer to Betis in the summer for €25 million.
He has continued to make an impression in Andalusia, scoring six goals and providing three assists in 13 matches this season.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementRed card controversy
The 25 year old was given a red card at the weekend versus Girona when attempting an overhead kick.
Betis were outraged by the decision and appealed to La Liga in an attempt to rescind the red card but this was rejected.
Lucky escape
Antony’s discipline issues followed him in Betis’ 2-1 win victory over Utrecht in the Europa League last night.
TalkSPORT report that, “former Manchester United winger Antony escaped a red card during Real Betis’ Europa League game with Utrecht.”
They go on to describe that “the Brazilian got into a tussle with left-back Souffian El Karouani and appeared to headbutt his opponent as he looked to chase onto a loose ball.”
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAntony initially avoided any on-field discipline but the incident was then looked at by VAR.
Nonetheless, the referee’s decision was supported despite clean contact with the Utrecht player.
To make matters worse for the Eredivisie side, Antony created the opening goal of the night for Cucho Hernandez.
Antony Real Betis stats
Source: transfermarkt.com
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