Antony Matheus dos Santos, a winger for Real Betis, had a challenging upbringing in a Sao Paulo favela where he faced daily struggles with poverty and violence. Despite these hardships, he developed a strong personality and determination, thriving in football. Recently, while on loan from Manchester United, he received humorous kidnapping threats from teammates, illustrating their fierce desire to keep him at the club. This highlights the unique bond forming within the team and the appreciation they have for Antony's talent and journey.
Some days he wouldn't eat and one day, when he was six or seven, he had to jump over a dead body to get to school.
If you ask if I was scared, of course I was. But I always had a strong personality and the harder it was, the more I wanted to be there.
There was no anonymous letter this time, no ransom note cut from newspaper letters; instead, there was a message on Isco's Instagram.
The idea of him leaving doesn't bear thinking about, awful for everybody, Antony included.
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