Antonio “unhappiness:” THE TRUTH

West Ham have flatly denied a Times story from this morning in which it is claimed Michail Antonio is attempting to force his way out of the club.

It was declared that Michail’s relationship with the board had broken down over the treatment of his hamstring injury and that he was unhappy that such as Robert Snodgrass and Jose Fonte are claimed to be on more money than him.

That element of the story has been recycled several times through the written press and the club has again revealed to ClaretandHugh there is absolutely no truth in these reports.

We contacted our senior source at the club the minute the story appeared and there was no hesitation in rubbishing it immediately.

He said: ” This is simply not true. Michail has  had the best medical advice on his injury. It’s an eight week injury and nobody could handle it any better.

The club has offered to nearly double his wages, despite him having five years left on his existing contract and he’s currently thinking about it.

“We do not have to offer him anything, but we are trying to be reasonable. With options he’s contracted to us for another five years, so on reality the club do not have to do anything but are ready to do so

“He is going nowhere – he is a valued member of Slaven Bilic’s squad.”