Hammer Michail Antonio has explained he can’t wait to get back to football to get away from his dad duties of home schooling of his three kids while his wife gave birth his fourth child last weekend.
“We sat down and they’d be looking at the work and you’d explain the work to them as simple as you can, and they would just sit there, look at the work and ask to go to the toilet. They’d go to the toilet, come back and ask for a drink. You’d go to the fridge, get them a drink, come back, they’d have a drink and 
they’d say they don’t understand. It was literally a circle of toilet, drink and ‘I don’t understand’ and you’d be there for five hours and just want to pull your hair out!
“They liked PE, obviously, and didn’t like English because of the comprehension and stuff you have to deal with! It brought be back, it brought me back…”
Antonio says he is raring to go now adding “As it’s been such a long break, to get some practice matches in before we go into the season is key, because everything you do in training is not the same as a game, so to be able to have the game scenario gives us that practice before we go back into the season,”
“I’m feeling very good, to be fair. I’m raring to go. Now that we know the season is starting, I just want to start now. After all that home schooling, the season should start today! I wish this was the first game! To be fair, Wolves have got quality players and they have been a bit of a bogey side for us, but we believe in ourselves and we have got a quality team here as well, so we’ve just got to go out and do the job.
“I’m looking forward to the Tottenham one. Obviously, it’s going to be weird without the atmosphere because every time I’ve played against Tottenham the atmosphere has been unbelievable, but I’m definitely looking forward to going there. We’ve done quite well against Tottenham and hopefully we can keep that run going.”
Earlier this week Antonio posted a photoshopped image of an aged Declan Rice, Fabian Balbuena, Robert Snodgrass and himself.
Antonio will be hoping he gets a starting place in David Moyes lineup in six days time when West Ham takes on Wolves at the London Stadium.
Claret and Hugh says
It is good to see Antonio in good humour after the sad passing of his father after a long illness during the lockdown period. An inform and confident Michail will be crucial for West Ham’s Premier League survival chances. Let’s hope he doesn’t have too many sleepless nights with a new baby in the house and his power and pace remains a handful for any opposition player who takes him on.
Good luck Antonio and congratulations on the birth of your latest addition to your family.