Michail Antonio has confirmed that he is hopeful of returning to the team on Friday night and not finishing up  a “sore loser.”

CandH revealed yesterday the Hammer of the Year was back in training and had a real chance of being involved against Leicester at the LS.

And speaking to the official site he said: “I’m feeling good, to be honest. I had a little bit of a tweak to my hamstring, but I’ve been training for a couple of days now and it’s feeling good and hopefully I’ll be available for the game on Friday.

“With the wingers that we have in the squad, I believe I bring a different aspect to the game as I stay wide and have pace and power, and I also like to get crosses into the box as often as I can and as early as possible. I am different, so it depends what sort of aspect the gaffer is going for and we’ll see what the team is on Friday.

“Obviously I missed the first week of training under the new manager, which was frustrating, but I spoke to him and he told me what he expects from me and what he wants from me.

“I’ve now had a couple of days of training with him and his coaches and the sessions were good and sharp, so hopefully we can take that sharpness into the game against Leicester.”

He added: “My missus calls me a ‘sore loser’ and I’m definitely someone who is competitive and wants to win games, so hopefully we can turn things around and turn these ‘Ls’ into ‘Ws’,” he said, with typical bullishness.

“Leicester have picked things up lately and they are doing all right but, for me, it’s one of those things where we have a better squad and have got better players and on Friday it should be a win for us.”