You couldn’t make it up. [Callum Wilson](https://www.claretandhugh.info/from-duran-to-wilson-west-hams-transfer-strategy-makes-a-mockery-of-youth-pledge-2/) was released by Newcastle United in June, as they decided he was not fit enough to be offered a new contract after two full seasons injured in the last five years. Wilson was then picked up by West Ham as a free signing on a short term deal to replace Michail Antonio who did not accept the short term deal offered to remain at London Stadium.
Reality being stranger than fiction, there is now a report that Michail Antonio is set to sign for – _Wilson’s old club Newcastle United._ It was a whisper we heard this afternoon but [footballfancast.com](https://www.footballfancast.com/newcastle-want-to-sign-brilliant-michail-antonio-who-has-68-pl-goals/) have provided the substance to the story that West Ham’s record goalscorer may be signed and used by Eddie Howe’s side as a battering ram impact substitute- with the intriguing prospect that Wilson and Antonio could meet again, representing each others’ old clubs. Crazy.
Their report sets out the details:
_“Now set for a new challenge, the 35-year-old could be a financially advantageous short-term option to bolster Newcastle’s forward line”_
Antonio scoring against West Ham? I wonder what odds you’d have got on that happening in December last year after Antonio wrapped his Ferrari around a tree and almost died. An incredible story with best friends Wilson and Antonio possibly trading places. Sounds like a movie script.