Antonio always comes across like a top bloke, whenever he’s interviewed. We’re definitely going down the route of more home-based players and Julen has said as much himself.
I’d have Antonio here. We’ve been missing a physical presence up top since Luiz nearly retired Raul. Would make sense that he’s picked up niggles and injuries from being overplayed. When West Ham were in the Europa league, Moyes started him in practically every game and asked him to run the channels, hold the ball up and score goals. Think the bloke ended up playing nearly 50 games that season!
He’s older than I thought, though. I’d be happy with him if we could get him for a reasonable price. Certainly as a short term measure, but with him at the stage of his career he’s at, I’m not sure if he’d want the move. And then I’m not sure West Ham would want to sell to us anyway.