Michail Antonio has shared an affirmation about the West Ham crew on the ball against Freiburg on Thursday, March 7. Speaking on the Footballer’s Football Digital Podcast on Tuesday, March 5, the Jamaican international said the Hammers team isn’t “gigantic any longer.” after losing a couple of players in the January move window.

The 33-year-old forward added that it’s “going to cause significant damage” in the group dealing with the Head Association close by their Europa League crusade as they hope to get a first-leg lead when they face the Bundesliga side.

“We’re playing [Burnley] at home; we’re on a decent run of structure at this moment,” said Antonio. “We have a game midweek, so it’s simply ensuring we don’t allow Europe to influence our Premier League run.

 

“The squad isn’t huge any longer. We lost two or three players in January, so it will negatively affect the young men; however, we’re used to it. This is the third year running [in Europe] now, so we simply need to make a big difference by expanding on it and keeping it.

 

West Ham crew will be tried in the Europa League

The West Ham crew is unquestionably going to be tried throughout the next few weeks as the fixtures stack up again for David Moyes’ side.

 

They will be frantic to leave Germany having gained a positive outcome after seeing off Freiburg two times currently in the opposition this season. It looks like they are going into the game in a sensibly sound position, with just Nayef Aguerd and Maxwel Cornet liable to miss the last-16 tie.

The Hammers are in a vastly improved position than they were a long time prior, after consecutive triumphs over Brentford and Everton. This is a critical game in our season, as we hope to book our spot in the following round of fulfillment and guarantee it’s another fruitful mission.