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West Ham striker Antonio happy Southgate 'spoke up' for Maguire

West Ham striker Michail Antonio admits he's never seen the abuse that Manchester United defender Harry Maguire is now enduring.

Maguire scored an own goal in England's victory in Scotland this week.

Antonio said on his podcast: "It's gone way too far - it's actually embarrassing.

"I've never seen this ever in football, how one person can be absolutely destroyed any time he does anything wrong, [even when] it's not his fault and he's just involved in it."

Antonio added: "People do forget that people are human and obviously this will affect them mentally. He went from being an unbelievable centre-half, I think one of the best in the Premier League when he was at Hull and Leicester, to half a man.

"He's trying to stay strong, to rebuild himself. He believes in his ability. Right now it's just not working for him.

"When I saw Gareth Southgate speak up, I was like 'well done'. It should have been brought up before. It's been a whole two years."

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