Pundit: Michail Antonio is playing for a move away from West Ham United this summer
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Michail Antonio is playing for a move away from West Ham in the summer according to former striker Frank McAvennie after his recent public comments.
The Jamaica international has fallen to third-choice striker in the pecking order behind recent signings Gianluca Scamacca and Danny Ings, and was open to a move away from the club in the January transfer window.
At 33-years-old now, Antonio wants to be playing regularly and according to McAvennie he is falling down the pecking order because he’s not a striker and he wants to be elsewhere.
“I think he’s playing to get away, but I think he’ll find it difficult when he goes somewhere else,” he told West Ham Zone.
“West Ham turned him into a striker and I don’t think he is a striker. But he’s came out and said a few things about the club, and you don’t do that.
“I’ve got a wee bitter taste. If they’re annoyed sometimes they say things that they don’t really mean and Antonio is a bit like that, but I think he might go because they’re bringing in strikers.
“Someone at West Ham should be scoring 20+ goals per year and he was getting injured a lot and blaming everyone else. It’s something you can’t do. You don’t know what’s coming around the corner and you can’t do that, you’ve got to take responsibility yourself.
“The players have to take responsibility. Every single one of them. Hopefully he can score a few goals and get himself a move.”