New Delhi: West Ham’s star forward Michail Antonio has been involved in a car crash, the club have confirmed the news after it first started doing the rounds on social media. West Ham United issued a statement regarding the same which clarifies that the striker has been involved in a traffic accident. The incident reportedly took place earlier in the evening and fans online started speculating before it was confirmed by the club.
The statement didn’t offer any update on the striker’s health and only confirmed that the news was unfortunately true. The club has conveyed their thoughts and prayers to the striker’s friends, family and Michail himself. Fans online have also offered their prayers and wishes for the fan favourite striker. Antonio has been a well loved figure around the London stadium with a lot of his goals getting the Hammers out of sticky situations.
Club Statement
West Ham United can confirm striker Michail Antonio has today been involved in a road traffic accident.
The thoughts and prayers of everyone at the Club are with Michail, his family and friends at this time.
The Club will issue an update in due course. pic.twitter.com/v3ZNyR80fd
— West Ham United (@WestHam) December 7, 2024
This isn’t the first time the striker has been involved in a car crash as he was involved in one in 2019 as well. The Jamaican International crashed his Lamborghini into a front garden on Christmas Day in 2019, doing so while dressed as a snowman. Thankfully the striker did not hurt himself in that incident as he was able to jump out of the car timely and avoid any major physical injuries to himself. The extent of his injuries in today’s crash still remains unclear though.
News broke out on social media first
Michail Antonio has been involved in a serious car crash in Essex near London and got airlifted to hospital. Terrible news, hoping for the best 🤞🏼 pic.twitter.com/6zTCORkbQK
— Football Hub (@FootbalIhub) December 7, 2024
Like we mentioned earlier, the news broke on social media as fans started speculating after a picture of a badly crashed Ferrari started doing the rounds on X, formerly known as twitter. While the photo did not show who was in the car, fans of the club and the fan accounts related to West Ham started speculating that the 34-year-old striker was involved in the incident.
While we still wait with bated breaths for an update on the Jamaican’s health as the photo of the crashed car looks brutal and it looks badly damaged from the driver’s side. As we can only wait regarding an update on his health, all thoughts and prayers go to the striker’s family, friends and teammates. West Ham have a Premier League clash coming up with Wolves on Monday night and the players would want to know that their teammate is out of any real danger before they take the field late on Monday night.
The West Ham and Jamaica International has been involved in a car crash which has since been confirmed by the club in an official statement that has been released on social media. Football Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Cricket Live Score, Sports Breaking News from Sports Today
