Michail Antonio.

[Bert]

Training with us. 
 

Would take him especially on a free. 

Edited 12 December 2025 by Bert

[TheGoldenGod]

Depends on how bad his injury has affected him but on a "pay-as-you play" type deal he's probably still better than our strikers!

Edited 12 December 2025 by TheGoldenGod

[Dan]

I did always quite like him but blimey. He looked to really drop off in the last couple of years - for obvious sort of reasons.

[RowlattsFox]

He would struggle to be any worse down the middle than our other options. 

[HankMarvin]

Depends what salary he wants and how bad the injury was 

he was on 85k so at half 40k 

would be a risk given our financial predicament.

Rather see if Evan’s could do anything first 

[teblin]

On a short term deal seems sensible. On sensible championship wages.

Edited 12 December 2025 by teblin

[Mark]

Ayew Reid and now Antonio what a bleak trio of forwards. Will show there is still no strategy and just throwing stupid money at players who are finished

[HankMarvin]

2 minutes ago, Mark said:

Ayew Reid and now Antonio what a bleak trio of forwards. Will show there is still no strategy and just throwing stupid money at players who are finished

Especially as Vardy is rumoured to be on €35k basic 

[moore_94]

Unless we somehow got him on a pay as you play deal no thanks

 

You just know Rudkin would give him some stupid deal and probably unsurprisingly he turns out to be nothing like was after properly smashing up his leg and not playing for over a year

 

Much rather take a punt with a young striker on loan

Edited 12 December 2025 by moore_94

[cityfanlee23]

IF we can get him on a 6 month deal before re-evaluating, and if it's not on stupid money like 80k a week, and IF we can get Winks off the books and send Carranza back, i'd take him on a short term emergency deal. Guy is an absolute handful and at this level he could get 10 goals from the remaining games which is a massive upgrade on what we have now. 

I'd compromise and offer 50k a week if the above conditions can be met. 

[HankMarvin]

“I’m speaking to clubs right now to see where the best offer is for me to go, and we’ll just see how it goes,” he told talkSPORT in August after close friend Callum Wilson took his number nine shirt at West Ham”

 

Trained with Brentford for 10 days but that was because they were allegedly local 

[Tuna]

In

[moore_94]

1 minute ago, HankMarvin said:

“I’m speaking to clubs right now to see where the best offer is for me to go, and we’ll just see how it goes,” he told talkSPORT in August after close friend Callum Wilson took his number nine shirt at West Ham”

 

Trained with Brentford for 10 days but that was because they were allegedly local 

Talking to clubs in August and no one has gone near him since?

 

Stupid demands or the injury ruined him

 

Stay awayyyy

[HankMarvin]

2 minutes ago, cityfanlee23 said:

IF we can get him on a 6 month deal before re-evaluating, and if it's not on stupid money like 80k a week, and IF we can get Winks off the books and send Carranza back, i'd take him on a short term emergency deal. Guy is an absolute handful and at this level he could get 10 goals from the remaining games which is a massive upgrade on what we have now. 

I'd compromise and offer 50k a week if the above conditions can be met. 

50k x25 weeks is 1.2m that money could be used on a good youngster on lower wage with resale value 

 

if we were a well run club that is 

[VLC86]

Bloke broke both legs in a car accident and hasn’t played for over a year, which immediately makes him an improvement on what we have.

[moore_94]

1 minute ago, HankMarvin said:

50k x25 weeks is 1.2m that money could be used on a good youngster on lower wage with resale value 

 

if we were a well run club that is 

Or even a loan fee

 

Much better ways to use that kind of money

[Fox92]

Right up our street this. In fact we'll probably put him on 70k a week for 3 years.

[Tommy G]

Shock horror a negative response from FT.

 

We aren't going to offer him anything beyond the summer at this stage.

 

He will be better than Carranza if he still had a broken Femur. 

 

 

[JimJams]

If he trained with us and ripped the piss, ok, have a proper look.  But he's another footballer who was moving heavily into the media space before his accident.  You'd imagine since the accident that's ramped up.  So is he essentially the new Coady?

Edited 12 December 2025 by JimJams

[Bert]

10 minutes ago, cityfanlee23 said:

IF we can get him on a 6 month deal before re-evaluating, and if it's not on stupid money like 80k a week, and IF we can get Winks off the books and send Carranza back, i'd take him on a short term emergency deal. Guy is an absolute handful and at this level he could get 10 goals from the remaining games which is a massive upgrade on what we have now. 

I'd compromise and offer 50k a week if the above conditions can be met. 

Absolutely no chance he’s getting offered £50k a week. That would be ludicrous even if he’s not had a bad injury when you take his age into account as well. 
 

It would surely be a real basic wage and a more performance incentivised contract. 

[moore_94]

3 minutes ago, Tommy G said:

Shock horror a negative response from FT.

 

We aren't going to offer him anything beyond the summer at this stage.

 

He will be better than Carranza if he still had a broken Femur. 

 

Yes because this is definitely the kind of player we should be really happy and optimistic about signing

 

Maybe before he had smashed up his leg and not been out of football for over a year

[Sol thewall Bamba]

17 minutes ago, Dan said:

I did always quite like him but blimey. He looked to really drop off in the last couple of years - for obvious sort of reasons.

A match made in heaven for us then.

[honeybradger]

He was a nightmare for our defenders to play against a few years ago but I understand he's washed now?

 

We dont need more experienced pros running down their career here, we need to be thinking of the future and developing the young talent we have in Monga, Evans and Hutchinson who will be competing for the same positions.

 

The win now approach at the expense of squad planning does not work.

Edited 12 December 2025 by honeybradger

[LichesterRedSoxSoccerBall]

Do we even have a scouting department anymore... Let's have some strategy to our recruitment that doest include someone that is lucky to still be walking well into his 30s

[winteriscoming]

Look at our recent negotiation skills with past it players. 
I’m not holding out much hope of us offering a sensible deal. 
Instead we will give him a 5 year contract and he’ll be on over 10m a year. The Rudkin way.