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Michail Antonio featured for West Ham's Under-21 side in the summer after his contract with the club expired Striker Michail Antonio will be given a chance to restart his club career in the Championship with Leicester City a year after being involved in a car crash which put his playing future in serious doubt. The 35-year-old former West Ham forward suffered a badly broken leg, with his femur snapped in four places, after the Ferrari he was driving struck a tree in Epping Forest in December 2024. He has been training with Leicester this week and is a free agent option for Foxes boss Marti Cifuentes to potentially turn to in the absence of Patson Daka, who will join up with Zambia next week for the Africa Cup of Nations. "He has looked good and has been a good lad to have around as well, " Cifuentes told BBC East Midlands Today. "We are just having a look at him and he is happy to train with us. " 'You are my heroes' - Antonio meets people who saved his life Antonio returns to action following serious car crash Listen to BBC Radio Leicester's When You're Smiling podcast Antonio was in the final months of his contract with Premier League side West Ham when the single vehicle crash happened late last year. He spent more than three weeks in hospital after undergoing surgery and has since spoken of the gruelling physical and mental recovery that followed. He did not regain fitness in time to return to the pitch for West Ham last season and was released at the end of his contract in June. He did, however, return to action with Jamaica in the summer and remained with West Ham after his contract expired, allowing him to continue his recovery and gain much-needed game time with the club's Under-21 side. When asked if Antonio has shown signs of the trauma he has endured in the past year, Cifuentes said: "Not at all. "We are aware that he has been training before with another club and he is looking good in that sense, " the Spaniard continued. "Match fitness is what will take some time to learn because he has been away for a long period. "It's never easy, and it doesn't matter how hard you train or how hard you are involved, because the level of the game is different. " Antonio spent a decade with West Ham and left them as their all-time leading Premier League scorer with 68 goals from 268 games. The forward, whose career started at non-league level with Tooting & Mitcham United, has scored more than 130 goals across more than 550 appearances since signing his first professional deal with Reading as an 18-year-old. He went on to have spells at Southampton, Sheffield Wednesday and Nottingham Forest before moving to West Ham in 2015. Latest Leicester news, analysis and fan views Listen to Leicester City content on BBC Sounds Salah in Liverpool squad for Brighton match 'Anger and disappointment' as fans priced out of World Cup Bucs coach launches foul-mouthed rant after Falcons upset David Dimbleby takes a personal look at the role of the monarchy Celebrate Christmas the 80s way with Gary Davies Drama based on Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's fight for justice Chris Mc Causland joins Emma to discuss dancing blind on TV 'Anger and disappointment' as fans priced out of World Cup 'There can only be one singer' - my secrets of successful man-management Sutton's predictions v England Gaming star Daniel 'Stingray' Ray 'Nancy exposed to brutal life as Celtic manager as cup final looms' 'Monumental betrayal' - cheapest World Cup final ticket to cost £3, 119 Rooney 'got death threats' after making Man Utd move From first-class cricketer to relationship expert on reality TV BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2025 contenders. Video BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2025 contenders Barcelona 'not a pressure' for on-loan Rashford Is Salah right to feel 'thrown under the bus'? 'Mine was for social change, this is not' - King on Battle of the Sexes What must Allen and Bills do to end Patriots' 10-game win streak? What next after Hamilton's 'nightmare' year? The man behind the headlines - Salah, by Klopp, Diaz and more All you need to know as World Darts Championship begins 'A sense of panic' - what's going on in Turkish football? 'I hated rugby' - how Heyes turned around England career Biggest rule change ever and Brit teen - what's new in F1 in 2026? 'I was poisoning myself before endurance events' Copyright © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.