Latest about Michail Antonio
“Dougie Freedman was blocking my transfers, so I texted him that he wasn't my manager I’d be playing for myself. Within two days I was at West Ham" Michail Antonio on dark arts that got him his Premier League move
Michail Antonio spent ten years at West Ham, but had to resort to a bit of hardball to make the move happen
How Michail Antonio's mother influenced his early football career by rejecting a Spurs offer
EXCLUSIVE The former West Ham forward's path to the top came with its ups and downs
From debut challenges to record scorer: Michail Antonio recalls his West Ham highlights
EXCLUSIVE The forward spent 10 years at the club and remains their leading Premier League goalscorer
“I sat on the bench for two months, so someone tweeted a picture of me to David Gold saying 'Missing person' and he retweeted. It was hilarious” Michail Antonio on a curious incident from his early West Ham days
EXCLUSIVE The former Hammers forward struggled for game time after joining the club
"The boys told me, 'Shut up, you’ll never do it' when I told them about the Homer Simpson celebration. It was quality" Michail Antonio on his iconic goal celebration
EXCLUSIVE The former West Ham man always had a host of brilliant celebrations in his locker
‘At West Ham, I told Slaven Bilic ‘I’ll never play at right-back!’ Mark Noble argued with me, so I stormed off and got a taxi home’ Michail Antonio on his shifting roles at West Ham
EXCLUSIVE West Ham's all-time leading Premier League goalscorer was not always used up front, and wasn't always happy about it
"I was looking out of my hotel room, seeing rockets fly past, the hotel would shake when they were getting blocked – that was scary, but it was fine other than that day" Michail Antonio on arriving to play in Qatar as Iranian missiles hit the state
The striker left West Ham after suffering a serious leg break in a car crash in December 2024
“Karren Brady offered me a £5k a week deal with the U21s, I said, 'The U21s are on more than that' Her response was, 'Well, they haven’t been in a car crash and shattered their leg' – I didn’t sign the contract” Michail Antonio on his West Ham rejection
EXCLUSIVE The striker was entering the final months of his West Ham deal when he was involved in a car accident in December 2024
