Manchester United star Antony was bizarrely ridiculed by an NFL team in a brutal social media post
Manchester United star Antony has been mocked by the most unlikely candidate – an NFL team.
The Brazilian He arrived at Manchester United in August 2022 for a whopping £84m from Ajax.
However, Antonio He has struggled to live up to his lofty price tag, with just 11 goals and five assists to his name in 82 appearances for The Red Devils.
Given his lack of goalscoring contributions coupled with the high transfer fee, Antony has unfortunately been a figure of ridicule among football fans on social media.
But now a double Super Bowl The winning franchise has joined the event in a Pretty weird post on TikTok.
He Indianapolis Colts posted a carousel of three images, the first of which shows quarterback Anthony Richardson alongside the caption: “Leicester City had the best underdog story ever…”, evidently a reference to the Foxes' thrilling 2015-16 Premier League triumph.
The second slide shows halfback Jonathan Taylor with a ball in his hand, with the caption “No, Morocco did it”, and alludes to the Atlas Lions' epic run to the semi-finals of the 2022 World Cup.
But the third slide is where things get a little weird.
It's an image of Antony's head, left eyebrow raised, superimposed on Lionel Messi's body as the Argentine superstar won the Ballon d'Or.
The post is also captioned “1 nomination, 1 trophy,” along with three fire emojis.
Since the clip was uploaded on Tuesday, it has racked up more than 600,000 views.
Perhaps that shouldn't come as much of a surprise given that the Colts boast 1.1 million followers on TikTok.
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Richardson himself is hoping for a season of redemption after his 2023 campaign was cut short by injury.
The Florida Panthers product played in just four games before suffering a sprained AC joint and was initially expected to miss one to two months.
However, Richardson was subsequently ruled out for the season in what was a huge blow to the Colts given that they selected him with the fourth overall pick in the 2023 draft.
