The EPL Is Too Quick For Antony – Paul Robinson

Manchester United winger, Antony is too lightweight for the Premier League, Paul Robinson has said. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, the Brazilian forward takes too much time on the ball when he has it, and that is precisely why the EPL is too quick for him.

Paul added that he actually sees him thriving in a much slower league like La Liga or Ligue 1.

His words, “Antony, no, I don’t think anybody at Newcastle would touch him. Listen, there’s a good player there, but he’s too lightweight for the Premier League, he takes too much time on the ball and it’s a league that’s too quick for him. When you look at other leagues, the Dutch league that he stood out in or maybe the Spanish league La Liga or Ligue 1 maybe more suited to a player like him. But you look at the way that he’s struggled at Manchester United, Newcastle will look at themselves on a level with Manchester United. They’re competing for the same things, European football, they both want to be in the top four, that’s the type of level that they’re on now. The Newcastle fans nor the board will look at Anthony and go, ‘That’s going to improve us in any way.'”

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Manchester United Football Club, commonly referred to as Man United or simply United, is a professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top division in the English football league system.

Nicknamed the Red Devils, they were founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, but changed their name to Manchester United in 1902. After a spell playing in Clayton, Manchester, the club moved to their current stadium, Old Trafford, in 1910.

Alex Ferguson and his assistant Archie Knox arrived from Aberdeen on the day of Atkinson’s dismissal, and guided the club to an 11th-place finish in the league. Despite a second-place finish in 1987–88, the club was back in 11th place the following season. Reportedly on the verge of being dismissed, Ferguson’s job was saved by victory over Crystal Palace in the 1990 FA Cup final.

The following season, Manchester United claimed their first UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup title. That triumph allowed the club to compete in the European Super Cup for the first time, where United beat European Cup holders Red Star Belgrade 1–0 at Old Trafford. The club appeared in two consecutive League Cup finals in 1991 and 1992, beating Nottingham Forest 1–0 in the second to win that competition for the first time as well.