The health of Jamaican striker of British origin Michail Antonio keeps the Premier League in suspense. This Sunday, the last report provided by his club West Ham United detailed that he was operated on by “a fracture of a lower limb” unspecified occurred in the traffic accident he suffered 24 hours earlier, on the outskirts of London. Antonio, 34, was taken by helicopter to a hospital in the center of the English capital after hitting his car in the Epping area, in the county of Essex.
“West Ham United can confirm that Michail Antonio has undergone surgery for a lower limb fracture following the road traffic accident on Saturday afternoon. Michail will continue to be monitored in hospital over the coming days.”the club reported in a statement.
The English entity added in the note that “Everyone at the club wishes Michail a speedy recovery and would like to express their sincere gratitude to the wider football family for the overwhelming support shown since the news broke yesterday, as well as extend thanks to the emergency services already who first treated Michail after the incident, and to the medical team that continues to help him in his recovery.”.
West Ham also noted that the club “will provide further updates when appropriate”.
The entity reported on Saturday, shortly after unverified images of the accident began to circulate on social networks in which a destroyed Ferrari was seen, that the Jamaican was conscious, “stable” and was “communicating” after his hospital admission.
After the news of what happened spread, several clubs published messages sending “good wishes” to the player and his loved ones.
The Jamaican national team attacker is playing for the tenth season with the ‘Hammers’, to whom he joined from Nottingham Forest in 2015 and with whom he has played 323 parties and marked 83 goals.
The history of the West Ham striker aboard a $210,000 Lamborghini
The 34-year-old footballer participated in all of his team’s matches this season in the Premier. He had already had a previous accident with his car..
It happened around Christmas 2019. He crashed a Lamborghini Huracán worth £210,000 ($270,000) into a family home in Balham, south of London.
The most unusual thing about that crash is that Antonio was dressed as a snowman.
“It was Christmas Day. It still hurts me today. I miss that car. Basically, I was driving, but the street was slippery,” he declared two years later, in 2021, in an interview cited by Marca.