Manchester United legend Jaap Stam has challenged Antony to kick on next season after a subpar first term.
The Brazilian struggled with consistency and injury issues after signing from Ajax for 86 million a year ago.
While Stam acknowledges that adapting to the Premier League can take time, he believes Antony now has to show his best qualities.
You know Antony's got quality, of course, on the ball," Stam told Manchester United's official website.
He's got decent pace, even if he's not lightning. He needs to become, and I know we were talking about being predictable in a way of playing, then he needs to step up a gear to make a change.
As a winger, you always need to be very decisive. You need to take initiative on the ball. You need to go forward. You need to take on your one-v-ones and you need to make it difficult for your opposition by, one time, going inside and, the other time, going outside.
Of course, that's the thing that I think he still needs to do a little bit more. But we know him from Holland as well. We know his ability and his quality. And I think he can step up, you know, one or two gears. So he needs to show that this season. He had last season as well to get adjusted to the league and to get adjusted to the opposition he's facing as well."