Facundo Pellistri is showing Erik ten Hag he can give Manchester United something Antony can't

After starting just one of Manchester United's last three Premier League matches, Erik ten Hag looks to be starting to realise that Antony isn't where the Reds need him to be right now.

Without a goal since April and without an assist since May, it has become increasingly difficult for the Dutchman to justify continuing to include his most expensive signing in his first-choice starting line-up. He has made 12 appearances so far this season and not one of them has suggested that he is about to turn a corner.

Antony, for all of his flicks and tricks, lacks the creativity and goal threat that a winger needs to survive in the Premier League. Countless players, signed for peanuts in comparison to his £85.5million fee, have offered far more than he has.

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His last league start, which was awarded to him on the banks of the Thames against Fulham at Craven Cottage on November 4, was brought to an end after 63 minutes. It resulted in the United fans housed in the away end letting out one of their biggest cheers of the afternoon.

That was a sign of just how frustrated United's fans have become with the 23-year-old, who, as a result of his uninspiring showing against the Cottagers, was relegated back to the bench for the visit of Luton Town to Old Trafford the following weekend. Had Marcus Rashford not missed the trip to Craven Cottage, though, Antony probably would have started that one on the bench as well.

But despite the former Ajax winger's ongoing struggles, Ten Hag has so far refused to turn to Facundo Pellistri and offer him the opportunity to make the right-wing berth his own. The Uruguayan,