Michail Antonio crash: West Ham striker has surgery on lower limb fracture
West Ham forward Michail Antonio undergoes surgery for fractured lower body car accident on saturdaythe club announced.
The Hammers said in a statement that he would “receive monitoring in hospital over the coming days” and would like to express their “heartfelt thanks” to the emergency services and paramedics who looked after him.
The 34-year-old Jamaica international had to be taken out of his car after the incident in Epping and was taken to a hospital in central London.
West Ham said on Saturday night that he was in a stable condition and was “conscious and able to communicate”.
Antonio is the club’s all-time top scorer in the Premier League, with 68 goals in 268 league games.
West Ham’s statement continued: “Everyone at the club wishes Mikhail a speedy recovery and would like to express our sincere gratitude to the entire football family for the overwhelming support they have received since the news was released yesterday.”
“The club will provide further updates in due course.”
Essex County Fire and Rescue Service said it attended the scene of the incident on Saturday after receiving a call at 13:02 GMT and had freed a man trapped in the car by 13:45.
The extent of Antonio’s injury was not disclosed at the time.
Essex Police later said officers were investigating a serious crash involving a Ferrari and were asking witnesses and anyone with dashcam footage of the incident to come forward.
Condolences poured in for Antonio after West Ham confirmed details of the accident, with responses from the Premier League and top clubs including Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City Hamers’ statement regarding X. , external
Former clubs Southampton, Reading, Sheffield Wednesday and Colchester also took to social media to wish Antonio a speedy recovery, as did BBC presenter Gary Lineker on Saturday’s Match of the Day .
Jamaica coach Steve McClaren also sent a message of support on behalf of Antonio’s international teammates: “On behalf of the entire players, support staff and technical staff, I wish Mikael a speedy recovery. Our thoughts and prayers are with him at this time.” ”
