West Ham boss David Moyes is allegedly really concerned by the fact Michail Antonio could burn out and miss some important games next month.
That’s according to a report from The Athletic who claim that the Hammers attacker is set to feature in three games for Jamaica during the March international break.
Antonio has looked well off the pace for past few months.
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He is desperately out of form and is obviously suffering from fatigue and exhaustion.
Antonio has scored only two Premier League goals since October and unsurprisingly, West Ham have begun to slide down the table.
And things could be set to get a whole lot worse…
Moyes worried that West Ham ace could be set to miss some big games
According to The Athletic, Moyes is worried about the workload that Micky has a already faced this season.
And with three international games for Jamaica to come next month, things could be set to get a whole lot worse.
The Hammers face games against Everton, Brentford and Burnley immediately after next month’s international break. That three-game stretch could be arguably the most important period of our season and nine points from those matches will be an absolute must, if we are to finish inside the European spots.
It is alleged that Antonio could then miss a couple of games for West Ham due to the accumulated fatigue from having played so many games and travelling such long distances in a fairly short period of time.
Let’s be real here though. Moyes has absolutely no excuses.
Whether he was backed to bring in the striker of his choice or not in January is irrelevant.
His stubbornness not to sign any striker at all could end up really costing us very dearly indeed.
There is absolutely no way that there wasn’t one single striker out there in January who was available and could have improved us, even a little bit.
Surely Moyes should have acted and signed a centre-forward on a short-term loan deal at the very least. Instead we ended up with nobody. That’s on Moyes. He has said himself that the board backed him to the hilt to bring in players.
And if Antonio does break down or is forced to miss games through fatigue, then Moyes will only have himself to blame.
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