“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

Michail Antonio gestures while playing for West Ham against Crystal Palace, 2021.

When Michail Antonio’s decade-long stint at West Ham came to an end in 2025, he left the club as one of their most-loved players in recent years.

His time in east London saw him become the club’s all-time Premier League goalscorer, a feat that few would have predicted following his initial struggles to break into the Hammers’ team.