KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Former West Ham striker Michail Antonio will function a broadcaster on TNT Sports activities’ workforce of pundits forward of the upcoming English Premier League season.
Nevertheless, the Jamaican worldwide stated, regardless of his newest transfer, he nonetheless needs to play soccer at “the very best stage” after recovering from an virtually career-ending damage following a automobile crash in December 2024.
In a current announcement by TNT Sports activities, they revealed that Antonio will be part of former Tottenham and Actual Madrid star Gareth Bale, former England worldwide Fara Williams, retired Scottish skilled footballer Jennifer Beattie, and Bristol Metropolis’s first-time coach, Anita Asante.
It comes days after West Ham introduced that the 35-year-old Antonio, a free agent, won’t signal a brand new contract with the membership.
Antonio made 323 appearances over a decade at West Ham, scoring 83 targets.
Whereas he expressed pleasure about his new enterprise, Antonio stated he was nonetheless craving to get again on the soccer pitch as a participant.
“I’m chatting with golf equipment proper now to see the place the most effective provide is for me to go, and we’ll simply see the way it goes.
“To be trustworthy, there’s a combination, we’re speaking to golf equipment right here, we’re speaking to golf equipment overseas, however I’m going to go away it imprecise,” he advised talkSPORT.
Antonio, who resumed enjoying for the Reggae Boyz within the Concacaf Gold Cup after his restoration, says he additionally hopes to satisfy his dream of enjoying within the World Cup, slated to be held within the USA subsequent yr.
“That’s one factor I’ve not managed to attain for myself, to be enjoying within the World Cup, and Jamaica could be very near it.
“It’s not simply that. I wouldn’t need my profession to return to an finish by a automobile crash, actually. So I’ve obtained one thing to show to indicate that I can come again, I can come again and play properly, which I used to be doing for the final 10 years,” Antonio stated.
