‘In football no one really cares about you as long as you perform’
ROB NEWELL/ CAMERASPORT VIA GETTY IMAGES Michail Antonio places much of the blame for his departure from West Ham on former manager Graham Potter Michail Antonio on West Ham’s decline, the benefits of therapy and always being asked about his car crash ‘People do treat players like pieces of meat. As soon as you get a bit stale, they get rid of you’ 3 Jun 2026 - The Guardian Jacob Steinberg ‘I never thought I needed therapy,” says Michail Antonio during a long conversation about the darker side of football, trauma and where it went wrong for West Ham. “I was always a happy person. But I had so many demons.” This is not just about the moment that almost cost the 36-year-old his life. Antonio knows how lucky he was to emerge from the wreckage with only a broken leg after crashing his Ferrari in December 2024, but it is one part of the story and there are plenty more chapters to write. The former West Ham forward lets it all out in Humans Not Robots , his raw and entertai...