Dalot on his link-up with Antony in Portuguese language

Diogo Dalot

praised

Antony

’s fast influence at

and supported the winger as he “adapted quickly”, with the partnership between the two made easier because of their Portuguese language.

Former

winger Antony, who United acquired him on a deal worth £81.3million (€95m), met the target three days after joinig the club as he scored in their 3-1 victory over Arsenal.

The goal Antony scored made him the youngest Brazilian to net on his Premier League debut. Dalot played at right-back behind the 22-year-old.

Although the duo hail from different countries, they can speak Portuguese, which will help the new Man Utd player to settle into life at Old Trafford much better.

"I mean I think you could see the impact he had straight away in our team,"

Dalot said of his team-mate as United prepare to face Real Sociedad in the Europa League on Thursday. 

"It will take time for us to adapt to each other, but I think he adapted really quickly in the few days that he had in training and especially in the game [3-1 win over Arsenal].

"Obviously it makes it a little bit easier for me to speak to him in Portuguese, it comes out a little bit quicker than English.

"But I think he's a very good kid, very open to getting help as well, which is good, I think he'll adapt quickly. Everybody welcomed him as if he'd been here a long time, and I'm sure he'll be very successful."

Antony is not the only Brazilian to have joined United, with Casemiro departing Real Madrid to make a move to United, who also signed players like Christian Eriksen, Lisandro Martinez and Tyrell Malacia.

United have enjoyed four consecutive victories in the league and the new arrivals seem to be settling in.

"It's always difficult when you lose games. Obviously, the mood is not the same, but in our heads we always come here every day to give 100 per cent, to get better in every aspect that we can,"

he added.

"After Brentford, we had a full week to prepare for a game we knew would be difficult. We won it, it's in the past, now we want to focus on tomorrow, and do the same thing every day, give 100 per cent and win games."

Dalot was in the starting XI 19 times last season under the reign of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Ralf Rangnick; however, Ten Hag is rewarding the player to fight for his place with Aaron Wan-Bissaka.

"I'm enjoying the opportunities I'm being given. This is why I came here, to play games, to give my best every single game, to be ready for every game, and this is what I've been doing and what I've been fighting for,"

he continued. 

"Competition will always be there, this is a club with high standards and high demands, this is the way that I like to work. I will try to keep on doing it for as long as I can. It's been a very positive start."

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