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Van der Gouw: Antony has special qualities

Latching onto Marcus Rashford's pass against Arsenal, our new recruit slotted the ball past Aaron Ramsdale, to hand United the lead and lift the proverbial roof off in M16 on the way to victory last weekend. He followed it up with another start, in the Europa League against Real Sociedad.

Adapting to life here in the Premier League is often something that is widely discussed with foreign players, with the sheer physicality and the pace of the game sometimes hard for some to get to grips with.

Antony has, however, already shown the wider world his capabilities in a red shirt, with van der Gouw insisting sometimes all that matters is how strong of a character a player can be.