Michail Antonio has named Neal Maupay because the “most disliked” participant within the Premier League – warning he may “get beaten up”.
Maupay, at present on mortgage at Brentford from Everton, has been in prime type just lately, scoring in his final 5 video games. But he is confronted criticism for winding up opponents, with current clashes involving James Maddison and Kyle Walker.
After scoring towards Tottenham final month, Maupay carried out Maddison’s trademark darts celebration, resulting in a mid-match spat that spilled over onto social media. He then obtained heated with Walker throughout a 3-1 defeat to Manchester City earlier this week.
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Walker was seen talking with referee Jarred Gillett after a conflict with Maupay, which led to Pep Guardiola stepping in to chill issues down. It’s since been claimed the Bees striker taunted the City defender about his secret youngster.
West Ham ahead Antonio has now given his opinion on Maupay, calling him the “most disliked person on the field”. Speaking on the Footballer’s Football podcast, Antonio mentioned: “Maupay is known to be a bit of a wind-up!”
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“I know someone who knows him and he’s meant to be a nice guy off the pitch but he does it on purpose. I feel he goes on the pitch to rub people up the wrong way and he’s known for it now.
“He might be essentially the most disliked particular person on the sector. One of as of late he’s going to get crushed up! Back within the day issues used to occur within the tunnel, nevertheless it’s 2024 now and also you most likely would not get away with it.”
Podcast guest, Fulham midfielder Tom Cairney, added: “It is an artwork, it’s a talent as a result of earlier than the sport the supervisor can be like ‘do not let him annoy you’ most likely, ‘do not get foolish yellow playing cards’. He’s unbelievable, Kyle Walker was near shedding his head a little bit bit.”