Michail Antonio is reportedly contemplating his future with West Ham United.
According to The Guardian’s Jacob Steinberg, West Ham striker Michail Antonio is considering leaving the London Stadium in the summer transfer window.
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And whilst that stance seems to have softened to ‘considering his future’, it still wouldn’t be surprising one little but if Michail Antonio left the Hammers this summer.
David Moyes is already short in the centre-forward department, with Gianluca Scamacca and Danny Ings facing uncertain futures at the London Stadium as well.
So if Antonio does leave, the Scot will need to bring in someone with similar attributes as soon as possible…
Jacob Steinberg makes big Michail Antonio claim as West Ham summer transfer window begins to hot up
The Guardian journalist reckons that the former Nottingham Forest forward could very well be off this summer.
Antonio earns £100k-a-week at West Ham. That makes him the fifth highest earner at the London Stadium, behind only Lucas Paqueta, Danny Ings, Alphonse Areola and Kurt Zouma.
After Manuel Lanzini’s exit, the 33-year-old is now our joint second longest serving player with Angelo Ogbonna, behind only Aaron Cresswell.
Micky has been a great servant for the Hammers, but I kind of feel like this summer is the right time for player and club to go their separate ways.
Michail Antonio is definitely not the player he once was for West Ham. He has lost the blistering pace that made him so hard to defend against and now’s the time for him to move on.
As mentioned earlier though, if the Jamaica international does leave this summer, David Moyes has to bring in a striker to replace him.
Even if we do bring in a better striker than Antonio, it will still be sad to see him go after all the good memories he has given us over the past eight years.
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