Erik ten Hag suffers yet ANOTHER transfer blow as Ajax demand £84MILLION for Antony - £16m more than their original asking price - days after the Man United boss urged the club to sign a forward
- Ajax have dramatically increased their asking price for in-demand star Antony
- Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag is keen to sign the Brazilian winger
- But the Dutch side have raised his price by £16million, up from £68m to £84m
- Ajax boss Alfred Schreuder has insisted 'nobody wants to sell' the 23-year-old
Ajax have dramatically upped their asking price for in-demand winger Antony in a bid to stave off interest from Manchester United.
New Red Devils manager Erik ten Hag is interested in bringing the Brazilian star to Old Trafford this summer.
But the Dutch side have raised their fee demand from £68m to £84m to underline he is not for sale.
![Ajax have upped their asking price for Antony in a bid to stave off interest from Man United](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/07/27/09/60743565-11053057-image-a-15_1658909373327.jpg)
Ajax have upped their asking price for Antony in a bid to stave off interest from Man United
![Red Devils boss Erik ten Hag is interested in bringing the Brazilian to Old Trafford this summer](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/07/27/09/60743865-11053057-image-a-16_1658909398474.jpg)
Red Devils boss Erik ten Hag is interested in bringing the Brazilian to Old Trafford this summer
![The 52-year-old worked with the skilful wideman while at former club Ajax (pictured above)](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/07/27/09/60744333-11053057-image-a-29_1658909838068.jpg)
The 52-year-old worked with the skilful wideman while at former club Ajax (pictured above)
With a little more than a month of the transfer window remaining, Alfred Schreuder's side are keen to send a message that the 22-year-old is 'non-transferable'.
Ten Hag has already made three signings as he looks to overhaul his squad after a hugely disappointing season.
Two of those have been from Holland - defender Lisandro Martinez from Ajax, his former employers, and left-back Tyrell Malacia from Feyenoord.
And the 52-year-old is keen on raiding his old side for the skilful wideman, who has scored 23 goals in 79 appearances in all competitions in his two years at the Amsterdam club.
![But Ajax boss Alfred Schreuder (above) has insisted Antony is not for sale during this window](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/07/27/11/60743859-11053057-But_Ajax_boss_Alfred_Schreuder_above_has_insisted_Antony_is_not_-a-2_1658917167754.jpg)
But Ajax boss Alfred Schreuder (above) has insisted Antony is not for sale during this window
He is more of a right-sided winger than a striker and would therefore offer competition to wide forwards like Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Anthony Elanga than Ronaldo or Anthony Martial.
Despite new Ajax boss Alfred Schreuder insisting Antony isn't going anywhere, Sportsmail reported last week that the Brazilian's representatives were in Manchester for talks.
But Schreuder insisted: 'Internally we have agreed that we want to keep the current squad together. Nobody wants to sell him... Antony is working well. I don't have the feeling that he's busy with a transfer.'
Last week he told ESPN: 'I really think he will stay... we have also bought players. But we have sold so many players that I assume nobody will leave. If we sell one more key player, it wouldn't be good for us.'
![The 23-year-old has nine caps for Brazil, with two goals, and is considered a promising talent](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/07/27/09/60744243-11053057-image-a-18_1658909658741.jpg)
The 23-year-old has nine caps for Brazil, with two goals, and is considered a promising talent
And in raising his asking price to a notional £84m - which United would be unlikely to pay - Ajax are effectively blocking the move.
Elsewhere, Barcelona midfielder Frenkie de Jong is still waiting for £17m in unpaid wages from the Catalan side before he will consider a move to Old Trafford.
And United are not entertaining talk of a swap deal which would see forward Cristiano Ronaldo leave and Antoine Griezmann arrive from Atletico Madrid. It is a purely hypothetical situation, and not one they have discussed.
Austria striker Sasa Kalajdzic from Stuttgart has also been mentioned as United look to bolster their forward line, with other players under consideration too.
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