West Ham winger is hoping not to finish as top scorer this season.
Michail Antonio is ready to kick on this season for West Ham after seeing his 2016/17 campaign cut short due to injury.
The former Nottingham Forest winger still managed to finish last season as the club’s top scorer, netting nine Premier League goals.
Antonio admits this was emblematic of West Ham’s overall struggles, which saw a difficult campaign for the club in their first season at the London Stadium.
It also summed up the club’s transfer market failings with no strikers stepping up, and he hopes this summer’s new boys Marko Arnautovic and Javier Hernandez will put him in the shade.
Antonio told The Mail: “With Javier, we’ve needed a striker who’s gonna get goals.
“I finished the season with nine goals.
“As much as I enjoy being top goalscorer, that should not be the best record. Now we go out there excited with Marko and Javier.”
The 27-year-old signed a new contract earlier this year and is fully fit ahead of the Premier League’s kick off.
They start the season away to Manchester United on Sunday at Old Trafford, a ground at which they held the Red Devils to a 1-1 draw a year ago.
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