Diogo Dalot says his ability to communicate with Antony in Portuguese has helped the pair to strike up a good connection as the Brazilian settles in at Manchester United.
The full-back described how it meant he was able to help the winger with positioning on his debut against Arsenal, in which he scored the opening goal in the 3-1 win. Antony became United ’s second-most expensive player ever when he arrived from Ajax for £85m on deadline day.
Describing Antony as a “fantastic player” to club media, the Portugal international said: “I think he will help us a lot.
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“Obviously having the ability to speak Portuguese with him makes it a little bit quicker and easier to speak with him. I think the connection between him and every player has to be the same.
“We want to keep that connection between each other because we know that we’re going to need every player to be successful this season.” Dalot had a chat with Antony prior to kick-off against Arsenal that helped their on-field chemistry prior to his substitution on 58 minutes.
“He had two or three sessions and he came straight into the team so I just tried to help him the way that I could,” Dalot added. “I obviously didn’t do all of the work, I just gave him some guidelines.
“Especially inside the pitch, by communicating with him guiding his positioning. But then when the ball goes to his feet it’s his decision, it's his quality that comes by itself and I think everyone saw that.”
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