Antonio also opened up on his departure from West Ham, where he left as the club's all-time leading Premier League goalscorer with 83 goals in 323 appearances. He claimed Graham Potter, who took charge of the Hammers shortly after Antonio's near-fatal car crash in December 2024, was keen to move him on as part of a squad overhaul.
"I felt like it was mainly pushed by Graham Potter. I feel like he was just trying to get rid of the old regime... he got rid of a lot of the senior players like me, Aaron Cresswell, Vladimir Coufal, Edson Alvarez, players who had more control of the changing rooms," Antonio said. Potter was subsequently sacked by the London club in September of the following year.