{"id":92510,"date":"2023-07-20T11:02:24","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T10:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/transfer-van-basten-says-arsenal-target-much-better-than-confused-antony"},"modified":"2023-07-20T13:30:16","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T12:30:16","slug":"transfer-van-basten-says-arsenal-target-much-better-than-confused-antony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/transfer-van-basten-says-arsenal-target-much-better-than-confused-antony","title":{"rendered":"Transfer: Van Basten says Arsenal target much better than \u2018confused\u2019 Antony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Netherlands international, Marco van Basten, has described Manchester United winger, Antony as a confused player, insisting that Ghanaian forward, Muhammad Kudus is much better than the Brazilian.<\/p>\n<p>Mohammad Kudus and Antony played together at Ajax before the Brazilian left the Dutch side and joined Manchester United last summer.<\/p>\n<p>Basten believes that Kudus, a versatile winger, is smarter than the Red Devils\u2019 winger, who according to him, is talented but is always confused in his decision-making.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI find Mohammed Kudus a much better football player than Antony,\u201d Van Basten was quoted by talkSPORT.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAntony has his skills, but he is confused with the things he is trying to do! Kudus has much better technique, and he knows what he is doing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAntony may be faster, but Kudus is smarter and more technical. He is much more of a footballer, you can place him anywhere on the pitch, an all-rounder for the team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn fact, I like him much better than Antony. He\u2019s more fun to watch play.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Ghana international is currently being chased by Arsenal and a host of other top clubs in Europe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Former Netherlands international, Marco van Basten, has described Manchester United winger, Antony as a confused player, insisting that Ghanaian forward, Muhammad Kudus is much better than the Brazilian. 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