Man Utd: 'Ten Hag will be delighted' with £200k-a-week star at Old Trafford

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag will be “delighted” that he was able to bring Antony to Old Trafford, according to journalist Pete O’Rourke.

The £200,000 per-week star became United’s second most expensive player ever when he made the £86m switch from Ajax last week.

Following months of speculation, the 22-year-old finally secured his switch to the Theatre of Dreams a couple of days before deadline day to become Ten Hag’s fifth addition of the window.

Antony spent two successful years under the Dutchman’s guidance, scoring 22 goals and registering 20 assists in just 79 games at Ajax, highlighting exactly why he was so desperate to reunite.

His arrival rounded off a decent window for the Red Devils, who also managed to bring in the likes of Lisandro Martinez, Tyrell Malacia, Christian Eriksen and Casemiro, with those four all featuring in Sunday’s game with Arsenal as United made it four victories on the bounce.

Earlier, Antony had enjoyed a dream start in a United shirt by becoming the first player since Donny van de Beek two years ago to score on their debut, slotting home the opener to set Ten Hag’s side on their way to a 3-1 win.

He told GIVEMESPORT: “Ten Hag will be delighted that Manchester United have really backed him to get this deal done.

“It dragged on and looked for a while that Ajax wouldn’t let him go, but they’ve got top dollar off Man United and Man United have put their money where their mouth is and backed Ten Hag and gone big on Antony.”

Marcus Rashford might have stolen the show with two goals in nine minutes to seal the points for United, but Antony more than left his mark on proceedings.

According to WhoScored, the winger was United’s third-best player on the day, outperformed only by Bruno