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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
Leicester City’s potential deal with Michail Antonio will not be going ahead following further injuries, Foxes boss Marti Cifuentes has confirmed.
The former West Ham forward began training with the Championship side in December as he makes his comeback from a serious car crash that left his femur broken in four places.
However, the 35-year-old has sustained another injury that has left a move unfeasible for the Foxes, who are
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
Antonio joined West Ham from Nottingham Forest for an undisclosed fee, reported to be £7m, in 2015.
He is the club’s record Premier League goalscorer, scoring 68 goals in 268 top-flight appearances.
Meanwhile, France international Kurt Zouma, 30, who joined the the club four years ago and is on loan at Al-Orobah FC in the Saudi Pro League, will leave West Ham at the end of the month.
The club
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West Ham striker Michail Antonio has been discharged from hospital more than three weeks after sustaining a broken leg in a car accident.
Antonio, 34, had surgery on a lower limb fracture following the crash on 7 December.
The Jamaica international needed to be released from his car after becoming trapped during the incident in Epping, Essex, and was taken to a central London hospital.
Antonio is West Ham’s all-time
West Ham’s players will visit team-mate Michail Antonio in hospital this weekend as he continues his recovery after a “miracle” escape from a car crash, says manager Julen Lopetegui.
Antonio, 34, had surgery on a lower limb fracture following his accident on 7 December.
The Jamaica international had to be released from his car after the incident in Epping, Essex, and was taken to a central London hospital.
“We are
West Ham striker Michail Antonio has undergone surgery on a lower limb fracture following his car crash on Saturday, the club has announced.
He will be “monitored in hospital over the coming days”, the Hammers said in a statement and extended a “heartfelt thank you” to the emergency services and first responders who tended to him.
The 34-year-old Jamaica international had to be released from his car after being
Several clubs including Premier League sides Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City replied to an earlier statement from West Ham on X, external sending their best wishes to Antonio.
The Premier League also replied, adding the “thoughts and prayers” of everyone at the organisation are with “Antonio, his family, friends and all at West Ham”.
Antonio is West Ham’s all-time record Premier League scorer.
He has scored one goal in
