Pellegrini: Antony wanted 'revenge' after Utd exit

Brazilian winger Antony wanted "revenge" erstwhile helium arrived connected indebtedness astatine Real Betis aft struggling to unrecorded up to his hefty terms tag astatine Manchester United, Betis caput manager Manuel Pellegrini said Tuesday.

Antony joined Betis successful January aft scoring conscionable 5 Premier League goals successful two-and-a-half years since a €100 cardinal ($113 million) transportation from Ajax. The 25-year-old has already matched that tally successful 17 LaLiga games with Betis, portion helium has scored 4 much times successful the Spanish club's tally to the UEFA Conference League final, wherever they volition look Chelsea connected Wednesday.

Speaking up of the last successful Wrocław, Poland, Pellegrini said that Antony was motivated by wanting to beryllium a point.

"I spoke with him earlier helium came to Betis. He told maine that helium was not playing due to the fact that helium was not happy, but helium had a batch of complaints astir what helium has done also," Pellegrini told reporters Tuesday.

"He wanted revenge and present successful Betis I deliberation helium had it and helium did it successful the mode we cognize helium tin bash due to the fact that it's not casual for you to play arsenic a 100-million player. And Antony is simply a precise bully player. I americium perfectly definite that this is simply a immense clip for him present successful Betis to assistance amended his career."

It remains to beryllium seen what Antony's aboriginal volition beryllium beyond Wednesday. Betis person made nary concealed of their tendency to support the Brazil planetary successful Seville but person besides been been unfastened that the finances progressive successful a imperishable transportation whitethorn beryllium beyond them.

While Betis run connected a comparatively humble budget, the aforesaid is not existent of their Conference League last opponents. Still, Pellegrini, who antecedently led big-spending Manchester City to a Premier League title, insists that budgets volition number for thing erstwhile the last kicks disconnected connected Wednesday.

"We don't deliberation that we are David and Goliath," helium said. "I deliberation that time we'll person precisely the aforesaid anticipation to triumph the game. We are going to commencement from the archetypal infinitesimal to effort to bash it.

"It doesn't substance however overmuch fund 1 squad oregon the different squad has. In 90 minutes connected the pitch, we volition person precisely the aforesaid accidental to triumph that game."