{"id":288914,"date":"2023-09-06T21:35:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T21:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=288914"},"modified":"2023-09-06T21:35:02","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T21:35:02","slug":"chris-wheeler-man-uniteds-antony-statement-sent-out-a-weak-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/chris-wheeler-man-uniteds-antony-statement-sent-out-a-weak-message\/","title":{"rendered":"CHRIS WHEELER: Man United&apos;s Antony statement sent out a WEAK message"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>CHRIS WHEELER: Man United&#8217;s statement on domestic abuse allegations against Antony was vague and WEAK. Lessons don&#8217;t seem to have been learned from their handling of Mason Greenwood. Britain&#8217;s biggest football club must do better<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Man United&#8217;s statement on Wednesday sent out a weak message to the world\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0Manchester United are accused of covering \u00a385m star Antony&#8217;s assault allegations by ex-girlfriend&#8217;s lawyers &#8211; but they deny the claims<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast &#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Two months after the first allegations of domestic abuse were made against Antony by his ex-girlfriend, and two days after he was summarily stood down from international duty by Brazil, Manchester United broke their silence on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>In a 53-word statement that said very little, the club &#8216;acknowledged&#8217; the accusations of Gabriela Cavallin and insisted it is &#8216;taking this matter seriously&#8217;. That&#8217;s reassuring to know.<\/p>\n<p>It was a vague statement lacking in clarity that sends a weak message. United are in a holding pattern again, just as they were for 18 months with Mason Greenwood. We should expect better of Britain&#8217;s biggest football club.<\/p>\n<p>If there is any sympathy for United, it&#8217;s that no sooner have they stumbled through the moral maze of the Greenwood affair than the allegations against Antony have been dumped in their lap.<\/p>\n<p>But if there were lessons from United&#8217;s handling of Greenwood, they don&#8217;t seem to have been learned.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/06\/22\/75135019-12488551-More_should_be_expected_of_Man_United_after_their_vague_and_weak-a-26_1694034460666.jpg\" height=\"487\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>More should be expected of Man United after their vague and weak statement about Antony<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/06\/18\/75042133-12488551-The_DJ_and_influencer_Gabriela_Cavallin_has_made_several_allegat-a-37_1694022785913.jpg\" height=\"612\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The DJ and influencer Gabriela Cavallin has made several allegations against the Brazil star<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/06\/18\/75129475-12488551-Antony_was_dropped_from_the_Brazil_squad_for_the_latest_spate_of-a-36_1694022777781.jpg\" height=\"432\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Antony was dropped from the Brazil squad for the latest spate of international qualifiers<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Without pre-judging Antony, the Brazil FA acted decisively on Monday night. The CBF said it was taking him out of the squad to face Bolivia and Peru in World Cup qualifying &#8216;to preserve the alleged victim, the player, the Brazil team and the CBF&#8217;. No finger pointing there.<\/p>\n<p>United, on the other hand, brought up the rear with Wednesday&#8217;s rather empty statement.<\/p>\n<p>The club have decided not to suspend Antony, although we were left to work that one out for ourselves.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike Greenwood, he has not been arrested. Unlike the Greenwood tape, there is no damning evidence that exposes him from the start.<\/p>\n<p>But United could have made it clear that Antony will still be available for selection while strongly condemning domestic violence without throwing him under the bus.<\/p>\n<p>Once again, it feels like too little too late. As if the club don&#8217;t know which way to turn.<\/p>\n<p>United were criticised over their handling of Greenwood in that they reached the right decision but only after facing a barrage of criticism for making the wrong one in trying to keep him.<\/p>\n<p>It exposed a chronic lack of leadership from the top of the club down. A sense of paralysis hiding behind talk of thorough investigations and periods of consultancy that, temporarily and unforgivably, passed the buck to the women&#8217;s team.<\/p>\n<p>Now they have a chance to put things right, and it has been an inauspicious start.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/06\/18\/75129637-12488551-Domestic_violence_charities_have_urged_the_club_that_the_world_w-a-38_1694022793385.jpg\" height=\"430\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>United don&#8217;t seem to have learned lessons from the handling of Mason Greenwood&#8217;s situation<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12488551\/CHRIS-WHEELER-Man-Uniteds-Antony-statement-abuse-allegations-WEAK-Lessons-not-learned.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHRIS WHEELER: Man United&#8217;s statement on domestic abuse allegations against Antony was vague and WEAK. 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