In the early morning of this morning, Betis issued an official statement saying that he withdrew his offer to Manchester United winger Anthony because he was unable to bear the transfer fee and player salary. Betis coach Pellegrini commented on this at the pre-match press conference.
Pellegrini: I am neither optimistic nor pessimistic, just like in the past. The club has expressed its intention to return, so whether it can be done will be seen again. We know how important this is to ourselves. I wish he was with us, but I can't comment now.
At about 2:49 am today, Sky Sports took the lead in reporting that Manchester United accepted Betis' offer to Anthony, and then several media followed up to confirm. At around 4 o'clock, TA further reported that Betis's offer to Anthony was 25 million euros + 3 million euros float + 50% transfer profit sharing. However, Anthony hopes that the two teams will compensate 4 million euros for the annual salary difference. Betis did not want to raise the offer and asked Manchester United to solve the salary problem with the players, otherwise the offer would be invalid. At
5:45, Betis stated that he had withdrawn his offer to Anthony.