Antony cost United £81.3m when he joined from Ajax in 2022, and made 62 Premier League appearances, scoring five times and providing three assists.

He also remains second on the list of the club’s most expensive ever signings. However, like Hojlund, he found life tough at Old Trafford.

While a police investigation into allegations of domestic abuse was dropped, he struggled for form on the pitch and was unable to convince manager Ruben Amorim that he could help improve the team’s fortunes.

Denmark international Hojlund was also deemed surplus to requirements by Amorim following a difficult 2024-25 campaign in which he scored just four league goals.

He had expressed a strong desire in the summer to remain at United, but was subsequently left out of all four of the club’s competitive games this season, with Benjamin Sesko, Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo all arriving in big-money deals to form a revamped attack.