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News that Michail Antonio is training with Watford should please Hornets fans wanting to see their club strengthen in the striker department.
Luca Kjerrumgaard and Mamadou Doumbia both have room to develop and contribute this season, but it would be a big ask for them to carry the Hornets alone.
On the surface, the addition of Antonio – a player who boasts more than 250 Premier League matches and 68
In an exclusive interview with the BBC in March 2025, the forward said he felt like he was “close to dying” after the crash in Essex and that he believes he has been given “another chance at life”.
“I shattered my femur bone in four different places,” he said.
“I had one single keyhole surgery. They put a pole in my thigh with four bolts, so screws and bolts to
Antonio was in the final months of his contract with Premier League side West Ham when the single vehicle crash happened late last year.
He spent more than three weeks in hospital after undergoing surgery and has since spoken of the gruelling physical and mental recovery that followed.
He did not regain fitness in time to return to the pitch for West Ham last season and was released at the
Bartley underwent what was described as “minor surgery” to “clean” out his knee in late October 2024 and was expected to be back within four to six weeks.
He had already missed six games when an injury to Ousmane Diakite in the warm-up before Albion’s game at Sunderland on 26 November led to then head coach Carlos Corberan asking Bartley whether he could step in.
“At the time it was
David Moyes says he is not ready to retire from football management just yet – but is prepared to be more picky with the jobs he chooses in future.
The 61-year-old Scot has been appointed an OBE in the New Year Honours list for services to football, with his total of 697 Premier League games as a manager only exceeded by Arsene Wenger and Sir Alex Ferguson.
His managerial
Championship newcomers Oxford United have signed former West Bromwich Albion winger Matt Phillips.
Phillips, 33, was one of seven senior players released by the Midlands club at the end of last season, ending an eight-year stay at The Hawthorns.
“I’m delighted – it’s a great opportunity for me and I can’t wait to get started,” Phillips told Oxford’s official website, external.
“I want to have another successful season