This summer transfer did not go well for manchester united, manchester united had lost some of their target players so I think if manchester united at this time had to think about many options to bring in new players, besides Ronaldo uncertain situation should be able to make manchester united more actively engaged in tranfers market, especially to get anthony from Ajax, actually Ajax has said they will release Anthony if there is a club that wants to pay high but it seems that manchester united made an offer that was too low and made ajax change his mind not to sell anthony now, Ten Hag really understands the character that is owned by anthony and that why if manchester united dared to pay the price asked by Ajax, I think then the duo of anthony and Ronaldo would be very dangerous later.
This season I saw Manchester United being very careful in the transfer market, maybe they learned from their failure when they bought Pogba and Harry Maguire, Antony is a very talented player and coach Erik Ten Hag knew him very well when they were both at Ajax. However, because the price set by Ajax is a bit expensive, Manchester United is very careful in making an official offer.