Edwin van der Sar reckons could do worse than hand an unexpected chance to salvage his Old Trafford career - even if the former Red Devils favourite acknowledges that doing so may be easier said than done.

The winger, 25, has been unable to replicate the dazzling performances that convinced United to part with £86million to sign him back in the summer of 2022 and spent the last six months of the 2024-25 campaign on loan with Real Betis.

Antony has , though, registering 14 goal contributions in 26 games to help the club reach the Europa Conference League final.

Betis and Antony have expressed a desire to make the move permanent but there are .

And while United are planning to offload Antony in order to raise some much needed transfer funds, has broached the idea of reintegrating the Brazilian.

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The former United goalkeeper told : "Luckily, I'm not in a position anymore to dictate at a club which kind of players have to come, but they're on the right track by signing a more experienced striker, maybe with another one on the way.

"The two players they signed in the winter break were good, so they should be fine if they give faith to the manager.

"Maybe [Alejandro] Garnacho's going to go, I would say bring Antony back, but I'm not sure if that's realistic."

Should Man Utd sell or keep Antony this summer?

While there has been little talk of Antony returning to Manchester United's first-team there has been speculation could attempt to bring the winger to Bayer Leverkusen after signing the player for United from Ajax.

For his part, Antony has made no secret of his desire to return to Betis, saying: "I love the club, the city, everything. The sunshine, the people, the food: it reminds me of Brazil.

"And most importantly, I’ve found myself. I wasn’t playing much [at Manchester United]. I needed to be happy in myself."

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