LONDON.- The Jamaican international striker Michail Antonio, who suffered a car accident on Saturday, underwent surgery and will remain in the hospital “for the next few days”, his club, the West Ham.
The 34-year-old “underwent surgery for a fracture in the lower limb,” the part of the body that extends from the thigh to the feet, the London club wrote. Premier League.
The striker suffered an accident at the wheel of his car on Saturday in the Essex region. Several unverified images of his vehicle – a gray Ferrari – crashed into a ditch and with the right front (that of the driver in England) completely destroyed, spread on social networks, aroused deep concern among ‘Hammers’ fans.
On Saturday, the club said Antonio was “in a stable condition” and was able to communicate.
In their statement on Sunday, West Ham wished the striker “a speedy recovery.” He also expresses “sincere gratitude to the football family” for the support received.
The Jamaican international, born in London, has worn the colors of West Ham since 2015, being one of the club’s top scorers in its history in the Premier League (68 goals in 268 games in the top category of English football).
Mendy is marginalized
Injured on Saturday in the victory against Girona (3-0), Real Madrid’s left back, Ferland Mendy, suffers a muscle problem in his right quadriceps, the white club announced this Sunday, two days before playing in Bergamo against the Atalanta in the Champions League.
Real Madrid does not specify how long the French international will be out, but according to the Spanish press he will miss several weeks of competition.
Carlo Ancelotti, the white coach, was not worried about the English midfielder Jude Bellingham, who left the Girona field on Saturday with problems in his left thigh, estimating that he did not want to “take risks in the last minutes.”
Mendy’s injury joins the long list of the Spanish club, which hopes to have the return of Vinicius on Tuesday, but is still without the services of Dani Carvajal, Eder Militao, Eduardo Camavinga and David Alaba.