Manchester United have reluctantly grown used to missing out on transfer targets in recent years, but their success in signing Antony can go down as them getting one over on their Premier League rivals.
Albeit for an eye-watering £84million, the Red Devils have secured the 22-year-old winger's sought-after services. And while there wasn't any major competition to sign Antony this summer, Manchester City, Chelsea and Liverpool are reported to have all previously expressed interest since he burst onto the scene with Sao Paulo. The Red Devils thrashed out a deal with Ajax after weeks of hotly-contested negotiations, which eventually led to the Brazilian forward going on strike.
On transfer deadline day, it was finally announced that Erik ten Hag had indeed signed Antony, having been the man who brought him to Amsterdam two years ago. But it was before the samba star left his homeland that the Premier League's finest were fighting over his signature.
