The news that West Ham forward Michail Antonio was involved in a serious car accident shocked the entire football world. Fortunately, the Jamaican is alive and currently recovering in hospital, but with lower extremities injuries and thus, his further professional career is under a question mark. However, knowing what Antonio has been through at London Stadium, there’s no doubt he’ll win this most important battle as well.Antonio in stable condition and communicating after a car crashNamely, probably no other player has been replaced so many times, given that as many as eleven players have been brought to West Ham to succeed the robust Jamaican, and he has “survived” each of them. Moreover, the vast majority of them are no longer at the club, and Antonio is still there.Westham have been trying to replace Antonio for a decade:FüllkrugScamaccaIngsVlašićHallerArnautovicLucas Perez ChicharitoVlašićNikica JelavicAnd every season a variant of Michail Antonio rises to the occasion pic.twitter.com/mIAizsxX2q— Prop Joe (@FPLProp) October 5, 2024 Andre Ayew, Enner Valencia, Jonathan Calleri, Simone Zaza, Chicharito Hernandez, Marko Arnautovic, Lucas Perez, Sebastian Haller, Danny Ings, Gianluca Scamacca, and Niclas Fullkrug have all been the 34-year-old competition for the starting centre-forward position. Still, the numbers never lie, and they say that Antonio netted 83 goals for the Hammers, while the eleven potential successors scored only 13 more!Michael Antonio to west ham every season they try to replace him https://t.co/wXa50K2EoF pic.twitter.com/vdFPBkwozV— 🐾👒 (@J0K3RR15) October 6, 2024 And even if the 28 minutes he noted against Leicester City six days before the accident turn out to be his last minutes for West Ham – which everyone believes won’t be the case – Antonio’s legacy remains immense. He sits in the joint-twelfth spot regarding the number of appearances in the Hammers’ jersey with 323 games and is the joint-fifth best scorer in West Ham’s history with 83 goals – only 13 goals away from the third position.Our players will show their support for team-mate Michail Antonio tonight, following his road traffic accident on Saturday.Ahead of our fixture against Wolves, the players will warm-up in special ‘Antonio 9’ shirts, as well as walking out in tops adorning the striker’s name.— West Ham United (@WestHam) December 9, 2024 West Ham will await Wolverhampton in the last match of the 15th Premier League round tonight (23.00). Somewhere in London, in one of the capital’s hospitals, one patient will watch the club whom he’s given joy 83 times, gathering strength and motivation to return to London Stadium as soon as possible. And he will return, don’t doubt it. He “survived” eleven successors – who can dare bet against him this time? ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE – MATCHDAY 15Saturday Everton – Liverpool POSTPONEDAston Villa – Southampton 1-0 (1-0)/Duran 24/Brentford – Newcastle 4-2 (2-2)/Mbeumo 8, Wissa 28, Collins 56, Schade 90 – Isak 11, Barnes 32/Crystal Palace – Manchester City 2-2 (1-1)/Munoz 4, Lacroix 56 – Haaland 30, Lewis 68/Manchester United – Nott. Forest 2-3 (1-1)/Hojlund 18, Fernandes 61 – Milenkovic 2, Gibbs-White 47, Wood 54/Sunday Fulham – Arsenal 1-1 (1-0)/Jimenez 11 – Saliba 52/Ipswich – Bournemouth 1-2 (1-0)/Chaplin 21 – Unal 88, Outtara 90+5/Leicester – Brighton 2-2 (0-1)/Vardy 86, De Cordova-Reid 90+1 – Lamptey 37, Minteh 79/Tottenham – Chelsea 3-4 (2-1)/Solanke 5, Kulusevski 11, Son 90+6 – Sancho 17, Palmer 61 pen, 84 pen, Fernandez 73/Monday23.00: (1.95) West Ham (3.60) Wolverhampton (4.20)***odds are subject to change***
