Real Betis played in the Conference League final last year and as a result they received a financial boost last year. This year, they are even playing in the Europa League and they absolutly need Antony, as he was one of their most important players last year and Real Betis needs a strong team to remain competitive in Europe. They now have to take financial risks if they want to achieve further success.
Yes Real Betis were actually superb after the first half of the season when Anthony joined them they were even supposed to actually get the champions league place but missed out at the last matches. They went on to the Europa league final and also lost to a good Chelsea and in all of all this the need for improvement was actually showing. I personally think if they can retain the players and then add more depth to the squad they will most certainly be able to actually go further this season and possibly get to make champions league football.
Real Betis have actually been linked with good players this season but funding is usually not easy for clubs outside the English Premier league. If Betis had finished in the top 6 in Premier League they would have signed players like Anthony from Manchester United for £50m. Real Betis do not want to pay this fee because they don’t currently valued Anthony above £30m and above that will be an added bonus and not direct price. But Manchester United want to sell Anthony for £45m to avoid loses on that deal.