West Ham ahead Michail Antonio says he got here near dying in a horrific automotive crash that shattered his leg however is “one hundred pc” assured he’ll play soccer once more. The Jamaica worldwide required surgical procedure after crashing his Ferrari right into a tree on December 7. “All I do know is that I hit a tree,” he informed the BBC. “I do not understand how I hit a tree, that the police got here and after they discovered me within the automotive, I used to be in between the 2 seats.”
The 34-year-old, who additionally had a critical automotive accident in 2019, mentioned he broke his femur bone in 4 locations however revealed his comeback is three months forward of schedule.
“I’m a great three months forward of the place I needs to be,” he mentioned. “I’ve lifted 130 kilograms on the leg and I’m making an attempt to do different issues and simply deal with myself, so it is undoubtedly a great place proper now and mentally I’m in a great place too.”
He added: “I’m one hundred pc (sure) that I’ll be again on the pitch. This is what I’m targeted on.”
Antonio paid tribute to West Ham for his or her help however defined how he had sought remedy and struggled when supervisor Julen Lopetegui was dismissed and changed by Graham Potter in early January.
“If I try to rush myself again, go on the market and try to present him what I can do when I’m not bodily proper, it places me in a nasty stead as a result of I will not be proper and I will not have the ability to do the issues that I wish to do,” he mentioned.
Antonio, West Ham’s all-time prime scorer within the Premier League, admitted he was embarrassed after the crash, close to London.
“Obviously I’ve nearly died within the automotive crash. It simply made me barely embarrassed that it was that unhealthy,” he mentioned.
“Physically I’m getting higher however mentally trauma lasts a very long time,” he added. “So, there may be at all times going be durations and going to be occasions the place one thing’s going to have an effect on me.”
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