Michail Antonio jokes it’s ‘unbelievable how delusional Arsenal followers are’ for claiming they’re the ‘greatest crew on the earth’… because the West Ham star admits their supporters ‘annoy him’ TERMAN WEBSITE

Michail Antonio has jokingly hit out at Arsenal followers and has known as them delusional, regardless of lauding the north London membership for the way effectively they’ve carried out this season.

Arsenal followers could have quite a bit to smile about in the intervening time, with their facet having gained win eight league matches on the bounce – scoring a whopping 33 targets throughout that point – to see them rise proper to the highest of the Premier League standings. 

With simply two factors separating Liverpool, Manchester Metropolis and the north London membership on the high, issues are gearing up for what may very well be one of the thrilling conclusions to a Premier League title race that we’ve got seen in a really very long time.

However Antonio believes that Arsenal followers can typically turn out to be infuriating and will maybe be responsible of glorifying their crew slightly too early. 

Talking on BBC Radio 5 Live Sport’s podcast The Players Channel, the West Ham striker stated whereas laughing: ‘Arsenal followers, they annoy me.

Michail Antonio has poked enjoyable at Arsenal supporters, claiming that they had been ‘delusional’

Antonio claimed that it ‘irritated him’ when Arsenal followers began to brag about how good they’re once they carry out effectively

‘I am speaking about my agent my household and my buddies. As a result of as quickly as they’re tiptoeing near [winning] something, they’re the very best crew on the earth.

‘It is really unbelievable how delusional these individuals are.’

Whereas his dig appeared in good nature Antonio has additionally admitted that Arsenal have impressed him this season after falling aside within the second a part of the 2022-23 marketing campaign.

‘I’ve been saying because the flip of the 12 months Metropolis are doing it, however how Arsenal have been performing, they’ve turn out to be the Metropolis of the final three years, because the flip of the 12 months.

‘They’ve carried out the exact opposite of what they did final 12 months once they began the season till December, bossing it, after which, flip of the 12 months, crumbled. Whereas they’ve come to the enterprise finish of the 12 months, and so they have fully and totally turned it on.’

Again in 2023, Arteta’s facet had been within the driving seat on the high of the Premier League desk with 9 league video games remaining. Regardless of that, they’d concede their spot on the high to Manchester Metropolis, after they had been held to attracts towards Liverpool, West Ham and Southampton.

The Hammers would maintain Arsenal to a 2-2 draw, with Stated Benrahma and Jarrod Bowen cancelling out earlier targets from Gabriel Jesus and Martin Odegaard – with Antonio beginning up high for David Moyes’ facet. 

Antonio lauded the Gunners for his or her exellent type, with the north London facet having gained eight league video games on the bounce whereas qualifying for the Champions League quarter-finals

Mikel Arteta’s facet sit high of the Premier League desk, forward of Liverpool on purpose distinction 

West Ham got here again to seal a 2-2 draw vs Arsenal final season, with Antonio, who featured within the match, claiming he acquired some flack from his agent (an Arsenal fan) after the sport 

And the West Ham striker admitted that he copped a little bit of flack from his Arsenal supporting agent after the match.

‘Bro, final 12 months after we beat Arsenal at house once they had been high of the league my agent, the agent I have been with since I used to be 19, known as me up and known as me a “wasteman”,’ he stated laughing.

‘He stated: “Why do it’s important to do that to me… It has been so a few years!” I used to be like: “Bro, we’re practically getting relegated like – are you alright?”‘

Issues have additionally been going effectively in Europe for Arsenal this season too. Regardless of struggling a defeat of their first spherical of 16 conflict agaisnt Porto, Arteta’s facet bounced again within the return fixture to guide their place within the quarter-finals of the Champions League, beating Porto 2-1 on combination.