West Ham winger Michail Antonio has extended his support to disgruntled Liverpool playmaker Philippe Coutinho.

The Brazilian playmaker has attracted criticism from the Reds fanbase for wanting to join Barcelona this summer. However, Antonio believes that the 25-year-old shouldn't be criticized for being ambitious.

He said: "Can you give someone a bad name for wanting to be ambitious? For wanting to move onto bigger things?

"That person is ambitious, that person wants to do stuff, that person wants to move on with his life.

"In a normal job, if there was a chance for you to get promoted, are you going to go, "No, no, no – I want to stay in the exact same spot I'm in now". Or, are you going to strive and move forward and be better?

"There are ways and means of doing it. But if that opportunity is there and you' ve done what you needed to do and have been the perfect servant to the club, and the club tells you "No, stay there". There's only one option for you."