Erik ten Hag convinced the Manchester United board to splash out an eye-watering £85million on Antony, making him the club's second-most expensive purchase after Paul Pogba.
And it's safe to say the Brazilian, who played under Ten Hag at Ajax, repaid his manager's show of faith with a superb start to life at Old Trafford after being thrown in the deep end with a start against Arsenal this Sunday.
Ahead of the match, Ten Hag explained his decision to play Antony ahead of the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, saying: "He knows the style we want to play and what we expect and demand. He can be an offensive threat with his speed in one on ones."
Whether Ten Hag's comment was a piece of advice for Ronaldo is anyone's guess, but it seems the Dutchman was on the money with his claim that Antony is an offensive threat in one on one situations.
Antony started his debut brightly, making space for himself on the right wing, but it was Diogo Dalot overlapping who provided United with an early threat going forward.
Antony's first involvement came on five minutes when he drew a foul from Gabriel Martinelli, immediately showcasing his tricky feet as he was brought down near the halfway line.
His first involvement going forward saw him play a tame cross into the box that failed to beat the first man on six minutes before he reclaimed the ball and played it through to Jadon Sancho.
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Antony was later dispossessed by Gabriel Jesus, who tracked back to stamp out his compatriot's first attempt to dribble forward.
On the eight-minute mark, Antony again found the ball at his feet on the right-hand side of the Arsenal box and appeared to overplay it as he was closed down by Jesus and Oleksandr Zinchenko.
But the Brazilian pulled off a skilful chop pass that found Dalot, who played the ball into the box for Christian Eriksen.
The Dane was unable to get his foot around the ball in time and fired wide, but the move was the first real opportunity of the match.
Antony had his first shot for United on 21 minutes after waiting for Dalot to overlap him on the right-hand side and take Zinchenko with him before cutting in on his left foot and shooting.
The Brazilian was some way out and overcompensated with a tame effort going high and wide.
On the 33-minute mark, Antony garnered a cheer from the crowd with some cheeky footwork after being closed down by Zinchenko. He didn't beat his man - he instead played the ball backwards - but the move was reminiscent of a young Ronaldo during his early days at United.
Antony's stand-out moment of the first half came just two minutes later when he opened the scoring for the Red Devils.
United broke from the left in the build-up to the goal, with a ball being played through to Marcus Rashford in the centre of the Arsenal box.
William Saliba was marking the Englishman and appeared to have the situation under control, but Zinchenko sprinted to meet the forward, leaving Antony alone on the right-hand side.
Reacting quickly to being closed down, Rashford played the ball right to his teammate who opened his body up and fired past Aaron Ramsdale to the left-hand side with his first touch.
Antony hit the back of the net and then wheeled away in delight, kissing the Man United badge on his shirt and bringing Ronaldo to his feet, with the Portugal international seen clapping from the Red Devils bench.
Arsenal started brightly in the second half after no doubt getting a rocket from boss Mikel Arteta during the break and Antony found himself tracking back to defend in the early moments.
Ten Hag then made the decision to hook the Brazilian, presumably because he's lacking match fitness having just been registered to play, and replaced him with Ronaldo.
Antony made way on 58 minutes but showed in one hour exactly why Ten Hag spent £85m on him.
