‘The Spin’ who moved from Ajax Amsterdam to play at Old Trafford for a fee of £86 million (about 3.784 million baht) in the summer of 2022 and scored just 8 goals from playing 44 games in all competitions for the club last season.
While the players’ performance this season is even worse as they have not scored any goals at all in 12 matches, what is more important is their level of play. The Brazilian national team star is as different as the sky and the abyss compared to his performance when he was still playing for Ajax.
Cole admits Anthony, who is the second most expensive signing after Paul Pogba, was a poor investment by the club. Ready to compare with Brighton and Hove Albion investment method if Kaoru Mitoma is bought to join the army at a very cheap price but excellent and perfect performance.
“Sometimes I have to ask myself, what are Anthony’s strengths? He doesn’t get along with his teammates. He never created a chance and he couldn’t score a goal so what are his strengths? We paid a huge amount of money to buy him into the team. When you look To a club like Brighton who signed Mitoma for just £2.7m.”
“Then you have to ask, where did Manchester United go when Brighton only paid that much for Mitouma and in the end we paid £86m for Anthony? Are we buying players in the same market?”
“Like Primark and Zara (two well-known clothing brands), you think you’ll have to pay a lot more to buy Zara. Because the quality is better but it turns out it’s the same brand as Primark. You end up paying a lot more for the same product.”
“You look at the transfer market we have invested in over the last 10 years, spending a lot of money on players that other clubs are paying less for. And in this case, is it related to Manchester United’s taxes? ” said Cole, who scored 121 goals in 275 games during his time. At Manchester United: “We shouldn’t do this anymore.”
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