Antony says he felt ‘disrespected’ in his last few weeks at Manchester United after being forced to live in a hotel and train separately from the rest of Ruben Amorim’s first-team squad.

The 25-year-old forward was placed on a transfer list by United at the start of the summer despite impressing on loan at Real Betis, where he finished with ten goals and six assists in all competitions last season.

It’s understood several top clubs around Europe expressed a strong interest in landing Antony, with Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich all linked.

The Saudi Pro League was also mooted as a potential escape route out of Old Trafford for the Brazil international, a player the Red Devils signed from Ajax for an eye-watering fee of £82million just three years ago.

But Betis made

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