Who's to blame for West Ham's relegation? | Michail Antonio on Bowen's future & England's 'Egos' - The Sports Agents
The News Agents
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🗓️ 28 May 2026
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
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.
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| 0:00.0 | Mr Gorbachev tear down this wall. |
| 0:04.0 | And yes, we will build the wall. |
| 0:07.0 | The ladies not for turning. |
| 0:09.7 | It's going to be a U-turn. |
| 0:10.6 | It's a plightful in a U-turn from Labour. |
| 0:12.2 | South Rica about the U-turn. |
| 0:13.7 | Times change, but for over 240 years, |
| 0:17.1 | the Times and Sunday Times have been on the ground, |
| 0:20.4 | delivering in-depth, trusted reporting, |
| 0:22.6 | so you can understand what's really going on. |
| 0:25.6 | Times change. |
| 0:27.6 | The Times remains. |
| 0:31.6 | This is a Global Player Original Podcast. |
| 0:34.6 | Are you lucky to be here? |
| 0:36.6 | 100%. He really hit me in the gut, like tears off off my eyes. Do you lucky to be here? 100%. He really hit me in the gut, like tears are falling from my eyes. Do you want to be real? Yeah. Clubs treat players like me. Soon as you start getting stale, you get thrown away. My biggest worry was Potter. I'm not going to lie to you. I think they were too good to go down. I told David Moyes, my dad's funeral was happening, I asked for the day off. |
| 0:56.0 | He asked me if I can come in and train in the morning and just go to the burial. |
| 0:59.0 | I just feel like everybody needs to understand the West Ham way, the West Ham culture. |
| 1:05.0 | Once you understand that, then you can build the club around the culture. |
| 1:10.0 | What, how, where West Ham play. |
| 1:13.3 | End of the day, Jared wants to play in the Premier League. |
| 1:15.3 | He has the quality and the skills to play in the Premier League. |
| 1:17.6 | I don't feel like the club should stop him. |
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