Stan Collymore has backtracked on his previous comments concerning West Ham's Marko Arnautovic following the Austrian's accomplished performance against Everton at the weekend.
Prior to Sunday's match, Collymore launched a scathing attack on Arnautovic in his column for the Mirror, criticising the 29-year-old for stealing the limelight at the club and not leading by example.
"Then there’s the fact Marko Arnautovic is the poster boy for the club and Hammers fans need to ask themselves if he is the kind of player the rest of the dressing room is going to follow." Collymore wrote: "I can tell you now the answer is no – because he sets the worst possible example as a player.