After a summer-long pursuit, it was confirmed on Tuesday afternoon that United had reached an agreement with Ajax over a fee for Brazil striker Antony. The fee is £81.3million, rising to £85.5m with contract-related add-ons.
The 22-year-old is highly rated and was seen as a "priority" signing for Erik ten Hag. Sources say the club see him as a "significant" addition to United's forward line, with his technical ability and winning mentality viewed as being typical of the players Ten Hag has brought in this summer.
Across the league and Champions League, the 22-year-old registered an impressive 36 goal contributions in the past two seasons. He also completed the most progressive passes of any Eredivisie forward who played at least 20 league games last season and averaged the second most dribbles per 90 (8.4) of any of those players too.
