Who's to blame for West Ham's relegation? | Michail Antonio on Bowen's future & England's 'Egos' - The Sports Agents

About this episode

Michail Antonio discusses the factors leading to West Ham's relegation and shares insights on player futures and his new book.

Mark & Nedum are joined by West Ham 's all-time Premier League goalscorer Michail Antonio , days after the club's relegation - ending a 14-year stay in the top flight. Michail lifts the lid on major decisions which he feels contributed to the club's decline in recent years; the controversial move to the London stadium , club training facilities, the appointment of Graham Potter as manager and how the club handled his exit last year following a very public car accident . Plus, Jarrod Bowen 's West Ham future & World Cup squad omission, Declan Rice's Champions League chance and more. Michail Antonio's new book, ‘ Humans not Robots: when elite sport and real life collide’ is out on June 4th. 📩 Got a question for The Sports Agents? https://forms.gle/9SBbW1SYWqXLKnRT7 💭 Take our listener survey: https://forms.gle/YMUvajQktqBuimgh6 🖥️ Watch our full episodes on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SportsAgentsPod 📱Follow us on socials: TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@thesportsagents Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thesportsagents/ X - https://x.com/sportsagentspod 📥 Email: thesportsagents@global.com Executive Producer: Adonis Pratsides Producers: George Sexton-Kerr…

People in this episode

Hosts: Mark, Nedum

Guest: Michail Antonio

Topics covered

• West Ham relegation
• football
• sports management
• player futures
• World Cup
• elite sports

Keywords

• West Ham
• relegation
• Michail Antonio
• Jarrod Bowen
• Declan Rice
• Graham Potter
• football
• sports

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: West Ham, Global

Books & works: Humans not Robots: when elite sport and real life collide

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