After the victory over Southampton, United have won two consecutive games, not only stabilizing Tenhag's position, but also greatly increasing the likelihood that his transfer needs will be completed. In the 1-0 win over Southampton, Rashford still became the team's starting center, but in terms of completing the role task, it was not ideal, after all, it was not a legitimate center, Manchester United's offensive rhythm was not good, if it were not for the more general attack of the Southampton front, this game would have more twists and turns. After replacing C Ronaldo in the later stage, the situation of Manchester United has not been effectively improved, which is also an important reason why Tenhag insists on buying a center forward.
Manchester United in the center position only two people can use Martial and C Ronaldo, the others are not particularly good on the offensive end, Rashford and Sancho are in average form, but Martial frequently suffers injuries, C Ronaldo's state is not very good, and Manchester United's overall attack is greatly affected. And it is not easy for Manchester United to recruit reinforcements, the absence of the Champions League means that it is difficult for them to sign top stars, the team's front stars are gathered, which means that they are not willing to sign a young man to train, and the only players who are suitable for Manchester United are other teams that have played a certain number of results, such as Tenhag's most familiar Ajax attacking player Anthony.
According to well-known football journalist Romano, United continued to improve its offer, finally impressing the management of Ajax, and the two sides will close Anthony's deal for a total price of 100 million euros. This transfer fee will be deconstructed, the transfer fee plus bonus model is more applicable to this transfer, the specific details have not been disclosed, but the transaction has been basically reached. Although the Ajax boss expressed his dissatisfaction with the deal when he accepted the media, there was no way to solve the problem. When the big teams brandish the money to find Ajax, they can't give the young players a bigger stage, and they can only choose to accept the players to leave the team.
As Ajax's former manager, if you add Anthony's deal, Tenhag has completed two transfers against his old club, one for 55 million to sign Martinez, and the other to sign Anthony for 100 million euros. Martinez's addition has proven himself with two outstanding performances in two games, although there is an element of premium, but the deal is definitely worth it for Manchester United. Anthony's deal is still at a premium, and the premium is very serious, the Brazilian attacker, who was originally worth only 35 million euros, sold for 100 million euros, and Ajax's abacus is really good.
The two deals together represent a premium of €90 million, which they have only the option to accept for United. On the one hand, these two players are needed by the new coach Tenhag, on the other hand, it is difficult for Manchester United to attract reinforcements from the transfer market at an affordable price, and Manchester United's current attractiveness has been greatly reduced, and if they do not have an advantage in transfer fees and salaries, it is difficult for them to achieve their goals in the competition for players. However, it must be noted that the premium of these two transactions is very serious, and the players can never get value for money just at an average level, and can only surpass their performance in the Eredivisie period to help Manchester United and really make these two transactions worthwhile.