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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Samuel Meade

Gabriel Jesus used as example as Man Utd accused of transfer "madness"

Manchester United have been accused of transfer "madness" with their decision to spend £86m on Antony heavily criticised.

The Brazilian has excelled at Ajax and opted to follow Erik ten Hag to the Premier League after a lengthy saga. The Dutch giants were reluctant to sell one of their star players, but eventually allowed the player to leave after United paid the second-highest fee in their history.

Antony scored on his debut against Arsenal, but has since struggled for consistency with his hefty price tag continually being used against him. Current PSV chief Marcel Brands believes the likes of Gabriel Jesus, who left Manchester City for the Gunners, represent market value, but maintains that Antony's fee was excessive.

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