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West Ham fans rage over Perez substitution gaffe

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A number of West Ham United supporters have been reacting on social media to Lucas Perez’s apparent refusal to play against Everton on Sunday.

The Spaniard was due to be brought on at Goodison Park but was eventually snubbed for Michail Antonio, with many fans interpreting this as Perez refusing to play.

The 5’9″ star [Source: Transfermarkt] looked visibly irritated after not coming on, and Hammers supporters are not happy with what they perceive to be a lack of respect from the former Arsenal man.

Forever West Ham has rounded up some of the best tweets below.

OPINION

There has obviously been a bit of a misunderstanding between the Hammers fans and those involved in this incident. Manuel Pellegrini has confirmed that Perez didn’t refuse to play, but that he chose to bring on Antonio instead of him. That’s why Perez looked so angry in the aftermath of the substitution. West Ham supporters clearly thought that the player was refusing, though, so their reaction is perfectly understandable. No player should ever refuse to play for the team that employs them and that thousands of fans pay their hard earned cash to support. As that’s what people thought Perez did, you can see where the supporters were coming from with their anger here. Hopefully fans have seen that that wasn’t in fact the case and Perez doesn’t get any more criticism for something he didn’t actually do. There was miscommunication between the manager and the player, and that’s bled through to the fans. But really, Perez didn’t do anything wrong and hopefully the Hammers support realises that soon.

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