"My brothers and I cried and hugged each other thinking about our lives"

Antony became a Manchester United player this summer, who will pay almost 100 million euros to Ajax for the winger's signing.

The striker had no problem giving a vision of the reality in his home country: "I lived in the heart of the favela. Twenty metres from my house there were drug traffickers. Sometimes you were watching a game on a Sunday and there was that smell, a smell of cannabis coming into the house.

The Brazil international gave an interview to 'Sky Sports', where he explained his difficult childhood: "There were moments, my brother, my sister and I would cry and hug each other thinking about our lives.

The former Ajax striker said that despite the lack of financial resources, he never stopped being happy: "There were times in the middle of the night when we were carrying water out of our flooded house, but we still did it with a smile on our face.

Antony has become one of the most expensive signings in the history of the Premier League, but as a child "he didn't have a bedroom, he slept on the sofa". He also struggled to play football, as "I didn't have boots to play with".

The South American winger's life has changed forever and today he is an idol at Old Trafford. The player was emotional as he recalled his first goal for the Red Devils: "That goal was for my family and the fans. It was very emotional. It gave me goosebumps.