Graham Potter’s Chelsea are competing with Julen Lopetegui’s Wolverhampton Wanderers for the signing of Michail Antonio from West Ham United in the January transfer window, according to The Guardian.
Chelsea and Wolverhampton Wanderers want West Ham United’s Michail Antonio
The report has claimed that Chelsea have enquired about signing Antonio on a loan deal from Premier League rivals West Ham this month.
The former Premier League and UEFA Champions League winners want to sign the 32-year-old striker on a cheap loan.
The Hammers have turned it down.
The London club do not want to send the Jamaica international out on loan.
The report has claimed that West Ham are open to selling Antonio, with Wolverhampton Wanderers interested in him.
Strange
We find it really strange that Chelsea and, to some extent Wolverhampton Wanderers, are interested in Michail Antonio.
The striker is not in good form at the moment, and we do not see how he is going to make Chelsea better even in the short term.
Yes, Chelsea manager Graham Potter needs to sign a striker in the January transfer window, but the 32-year-old is not the answer.
We do applaud Antonio for what he has done in his career.
Before West Ham manager David Moyes decided to play him as a striker, Antonio was playing as a full-back and as a winger.
Antonio has scored 58 goals in the Premier League so far in his career.
However, the 32-year-old has scored just two goals in 831 minutes in the Premier League so far this season.
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