Michail Antonio Begins Training with Leicester City

Michail Antonio, the 35-year-old former West Ham United striker, has begun training with Championship club Leicester City as he seeks to revive his club career nearly a year after suffering a severe leg injury in a car crash.

The Jamaica international was involved in the accident on December 7, 2024, when his Ferrari collided with a tree near Theydon Bois in Essex. Emergency services took nearly an hour to free him from the wreckage, and he was airlifted to a hospital for surgery on his femur, which had shattered in four places. Antonio spent more than three weeks in the hospital and later described the ordeal as leaving him grateful to be alive, though he has no memory of the incident itself. Doctors inserted a metal rod with bolts to repair the bone through a single keyhole procedure.

Since his release from West Ham at the end of the 2024-25 season, Antonio has not played a senior club match but has made three appearances for Jamaica during the CONCACAF Gold Cup in June. He continued his rehabilitation at West Ham's training facilities over the summer, even featuring in two matches for their under-21 side in the Premier League 2. He also trained briefly with Brentford to...