Former Manchester United player Antony continues to love life in Spain.
Loan last season
After a disappointing two and a half years at Old Trafford, Antony was sent on loan to Real Betis in Spain in January 2025.
The Brazilian has completely turned his career around and made himself a fan favourite in Andalusia.
He scored nine goals and made five assists for Betis as they secured Europa League football via the league.
Antony also helped lead them to the final of the Conference League where they were finally beaten by Chelsea.
Permanent move
After a summer of training away from the first team group at Carrington, Antony finally secured a permanent move to Real Betis at the end of August.
The Brazil international has only gone from strength-to-strength as he continues to take the league by storm.
Betis are currently fifth in La Liga table and only one point behind third.
The winger grabbed a brace in their 2-2 draw with Villarreal at the weekend.
He scored an outstanding first goal with a confident first time finish from range but his biggest contribution was yet to come.
Antony stole the show in the 94th minute when he squeezed in an equaliser with a trademark cut in and left footed shot that slid into the bottom corner to silence the Estadio de la Cerámica.
Impressive feat
Antony’s time at United was hardly impressive but the Brazilian has already eclipsed his number of goal contributions in less than eight months of playing time in Spain.
It took him two and a half seasons to score 12 goals and provide five assists at Old Trafford.
He already has 18 goal contributions for Betis in the calendar year of 2025 with 12 goals and six assists.
Antony now has more goal contributions for Real Betis (18 in 32 games) than he managed at Man United (17 in 96 games). Resurgence 📈💚 pic.twitter.com/HLLkrUCfut
— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) October 19, 2025
Whilst Antony is clearly delighted to be at the Estadio Benito Villamarín, his surge in form won’t go unnoticed by Europe’s bigger fish.
With a sizeable sell-on fee included in the deal that took him to Betis, United will certainly be hoping he keeps up his fine form.
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Alex Browne
Alex is a huge Manchester United fan, inspired by greats of his homeland such as George Best, Harry Gregg and Norman Whiteside. Alex has a Master’s degree from Queen’s University Belfast and La Universitat Rovira i Virgili in Tarragona, Spain. Having lived in the country since 2011, Alex is The Peoples Person’s Spanish football expert and is fluent in both Spanish and Catalan. He dreams of witnessing a United captain triumphantly hoisting the Premier League and Champions League trophy in the air once more.
