Three women have alleged they were assaulted by Antony, who has been dropped by the Brazil national team amid an investigation by the authorities in his home country and Greater Manchester Police.
He strongly denies the allegations from his ex-girlfriend, Gabriela Cavallin, Rayssa de Freitas and Ingrid Lana, and gave a TV interview in Brazil on Friday night to put his side of the story.
You can read about the claims Antony is facing here, but who is the 23-year-old Manchester United winger?
The Athletic traces Antony’s career, from a favela in Sao Paulo, Brazil, to a €100million (£85.9m; $107.1m) player for Manchester United.
Antony grew up in Osasco, one of the municipalities that have been absorbed by the sprawling city of Sao Paulo over the years. It is not the most prosperous area: Antony lived in a favela known to locals as ‘Inferninho’ — Little Hell — and has spoken about the omnipresence of of drug dealers on the streets.
Writing on The Players’ Tribune, Antony said that he once encountered a dead body on the way to school. “In the favela, you become kind of numb to these things,” he wrote. “There was no other way to go (…). So I just closed my eyes and jumped over the dead body.”
Football, as it does for so many young Brazilians, provided a path…
