Angry Arnautovic’s extraordinary outburst

Marko Arnautovic has bitten back hard at the knockers who have dubbed him a waste of space since his move to the London Stadium

The Austrian international is well known for taking no prisoners and snarled: “Most of them have no work, probably no life and no idea.”

But he told  Laola1. “I respect every real fan, so don’t get me wrong.

“They were all happy to have me come to West Ham because I had done very well at Stoke but they only see what happens in the stadium, they do not see what you do at training and in private. I am highly motivated.

“I know I have a strong character, I know I can get back to where I was. I have lost nothing and I’m not in crisis. West Ham can count on me 100 per cent.”

I came to the club as a record transfer, we played Manchester United in my first game then I got a red card in the second – that was a setback, three games out so no match practice.

Then I came back and got sick – really sick – and then I went to the national team where I was not 100 per cent fit.

Gary Neville also took a pop at his  attitude during the 3-0 defeat to Brighton, though the £25 million signing claims his analysis was a scandal.

He added: “I respect what Gary Neville achieved as a player. He excelled at Manchester United and hats off to him.

“But what did he do as a coach at Valencia? His job is to criticise, that is 90 per cent of his job. I am not saying Gary Neville is a nobody. He has accomplished a lot in his life, he is a legend. But as a coach? Let him stay on the TV.

“All England is watching on that Friday night, the whole world is watching, and we lose 3-0 to Brighton. Who do you pick out? You pick me out, of course, because I’m the most expensive transfer. No other player was [picked out] but I was a scandal!

“But I do not want to criticise people, I’m a critic of myself. If I’m doing something good, I keep trying to work on myself. If I’m doing something bad, I try harder.”