West Ham United striker Michail Antonio says that he is simply happy to be alive following a near-fatal road crash in which he broke his leg.

Antonio survived by the skin of his teeth when his Ferrari was involved in a serious accident on Saturday 7 December 2024 which saw him ram directly into a tree.

Soon after, West Ham announced that their Jamaican striker would be out for the remainder of the season due to a leg break.

The 34-year-old now says that he is lucky to be alive following the horrific incident.

"The most difficult part is that I almost wasn't there for my children," Antonio says. "It's just made me happy, positive about life, because I've got another chance at life, he told the BBC in an interview.

"During this, we kept it away from the kids. My eldest saw it ( The car wreckage), and he struggled with it. He's 13, and people were showing photos of the car, he added.

Antonio says that the injury was serious so much that he was told not to put any weight on his foot for three months.

"I shattered my femur bone in four different places," he says. "I had one single keyhole surgery. They put a pole in my thigh with four bolts, so screws and bolts to knit it back together, he explained.

"My first surgeon said he didn't want me to put any weight on my leg for three months, which is around about now, and you can see that I am walking, he confirmed.

At 34, there will no doubt be questions asking whether he will be able to return to playing. He has no doubt whatsoever that it will happen.

"It's the biggest injury I've ever had in my career. But the fact that I'm already two to three months ahead of where I should be, I know that I'll play again, and I know that once I'm playing the game I'll get the sharpness back."

"I was one of the quickest at West Ham. So my body wasn't the body of a 34-year-old before I had the accident anyway. I can still be sharp and still do the business," he says with confidence.

Antonio is West Ham's leading all time scorer in the English Premier League having scored 68 goals for the Hammers in 268 games.