West Ham forward Michail Antonio has been involved in a car crash, the club have confirmed.
A statement from West Ham on Saturday afternoon read: ‘West Ham United can confirm that Michail Antonio is in a stable condition following a road traffic accident this afternoon in the Essex area.
‘Michail is conscious and communicating and is currently under close supervision at a central London hospital.
‘At this difficult time, we kindly ask everyone to respect the privacy of Michail and his family.
‘The Club will make no further comment this evening, but will issue a further update in due course.’
A photo of a heavily damaged silver Ferrari was widely shared on social media an hour before West Ham issued their statement.
West Ham are due to play Wolves in the Premier League on Monday evening.
Antonio is West Ham’s all-time Premier League top scorer with 68 goals.
The 34-year-old has featured in all 14 of West Ham’s Premier League matches this season.
On Christmas Day in 2019, Antonio was involved in another car crash while dressed as a snowman.
The West Ham forward’s Lamborghini Huracan crashed into a bin shed in front of a home in Balham, south London.
‘No-one wanted to insure me,’ Antonio said of the crash in 2021.
‘I had to go to a specialist insurance company, so my insurance this year is a madness. I’ve got a G63 now. They were offering me £10,000 for an [Audi] A3 to insure, or get a G63 and pay double the price but get to drive a G63 instead of an A3.
‘I’d rather pay £20,000 and drive a G63 rather than pay £10,000 and drive an A3.
‘It was Christmas Day. Still to this day it has hurt me. I miss that car. Basically, I was driving but it was a slippery road.
‘In the car it corners nicely and holds the road, so I was going 30-35mph on a 30mph road. As it holds corners I think I don’t need to break, I’m just going to go round the corner like I do all the time.
‘But as I go round the corner, it skids. So as it skids, I s*** myself and I slam on the brakes – the worst thing you could do on ice as you just speed up when you’re meant to just go with it kind of thing.
‘So I slam on the brakes, skid and go up on the curb – but I don’t really remember it, everything just happened so fast.
‘Then smoke comes out of the front of the car, and the engine is in the back so I’m thinking ‘the car is gonna blow up!’, even though it’s just the airbags.
‘So I’m having to jump out of the passenger side of the tiny car. It’s a madness.
‘And the thing is, I was in a snowman costume as well. I don’t get why I didn’t take it off in there, sort it out.’
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