Michail Antonio

BubblesNeverDies

secrethammersfan said:

Two broken legs? 34 years old? He's slowly becoming West Ham's dream striker signing!

In all seriousness, though, really puts things in perspective. all digits crossed for him.

I read it as one leg. Where did you get that it was both legs?

secrethammersfan

buffybegood said:

Posted on KUMB by someone that often comes up with accurate transfer news (ie it seems likely that he has some contacts within the club):

2 broken legs
Concussion
Bruised ribs

Operation on 1 of the legs today

July earliest

MrsGrey

https://www.whufc.com/news/players-show-support-michail-antonio-london-stadium-monday-night

Nice gesture

Auctioning the shirts for charity.

Not that the NHS is a charity.... just underfunded.

chicagohammer

Really nice gesture - someone deserves a pat on the back for making it happen in pretty short order

WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years

IronHerb said:

I believe Antonio is out of contract this summer but the club has a 1 year option, which I cant see them taking up.

Didn't we do the same for Ogbonna recently, he had a ACL and we renewed his contract more out of sentiment then anything

Don't get me wrong, I don't expect it ti be triggered but it seems we have history

Would love to see Antonio in the claret and blue atleast one more time however unlikely it is, maybe in a testimonial if retirement is in the cards for him

Brother_Sledge

Thankfully, he should have a happier future than if somebody else had been injured as a result of his accident.

chicagohammer

Upon hearing the first reports I was fearing the worst and now we know a little bit more, I feel that we have to be realistic and operate on the basis that an injury such as this at this stage of his career is in all likelihood, a career ending event.

As was said earlier, I hope and pray that he otherwise recovers fully and look forward to when he can make a pitch appearance and take a well deserved bow which will be an emotional occasion for everyone - I can hear the “Antonio” chant in my head right now.

Could he recover enough to take part in a testimonial?, we really do not know enough right now but that would be wonderful.

IronHerb

We don't do testimonials anymore.

thornburyiron

Not strictly true. Any club can hold a testimonial if they want to but generally don’t because players are so highly paid these days. There’s nothing stopping us holding one for Antonio if his career is finished.
Man U wanted to hold one for Phil Jones when he retired last year but he refused as he’d hardly played in the previous two years.

BubblesNeverDies

If the photo of the crashed car is anything to go by Antonio is lucky to have survived.
It's a terrible way for his career to (presumably) come to a premature end although
you could say it was nearing its natural end anyway, at least as far as the PL is concerned.
I think he deserves a testimonial if for no other reason than for the fans to show their love.

As an aside, I couldn't help thinking about Dean Ashton whose career was cut short by Shaun Wright-Phillips' tackle. How many other strikers have been lost to on or off field injuries?

buffybegood

I think there's 2 parts of a testimonial, the financial and the paying tribute to a long standing player. The first is no longer necessary given (at least for our players atm) the ridiculous wages PL footballers earn, although in the past, when footballers earned a relatively decent wage but for a short career, it was often a significant boost to a retirement (from football) fund to help set them up for a career after football. The second, however, should still be a feature, with any proceeds going to charity; this is what happened with Nobes, and what a great day that was. A celebration of his career with us, and raising a decent sum for his chosen charities.

Surely something along these lines could be done for Micky, and should, imo, have been done for Cresswell at the end of last season.

thornburyiron

According to some reports he has been told it will likely be somewhere between 9-12 months before he will be able to walk unaided and unlikely he will ever play again.

Lukerz

I’m not sure playing again is an issue. Lucky to be alive & that’s the main thing.