Michail Antonio has not played a senior club match in more than a year but did feature alongside City’s Bobby De Cordova-Reid for Jamaica at the Gold Cup in the summer
Free agent Michail Antonio, who is training with Leicester City, in action for West Ham at the King Power Stadium last season
Free agent Michail Antonio, who is training with Leicester City, in action for West Ham at the King Power Stadium last season(Image:
Former West Ham forward Michail Antonio has been in training with Leicester City, according to reports.
The 35-year-old, released by the Hammers in the summer, has not played a senior club match since breaking his leg in a car accident a year ago.
The Telegraph report that Antonio was training with the City squad on Thursday but that no decision had been made over a contract.
City have struggled for goals this season, with just four scored between their three strikers: Jordan Ayew, Patson Daka and Julian Carranza. Two of those four goals have come from the penalty spot.
In 10 seasons with West Ham, Antonio established himself as a fairly consistent goalscorer and he hit double figures four campaigns in a row from 2019 to 2023.
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In his final full season, he netted seven times, while he scored once before breaking his leg last term.
While Antonio has not played a senior club match since the road traffic accident, he has featured for Jamaica, where he is a team-mate of City attacking midfielder Bobby De Cordova-Reid.
He played three times for the Reggae Boyz at the Gold Cup in June, but has not played in any of their World Cup qualifiers over the past few months.
While he was released by West Ham in the summer, he did continue to train with the club for a while and played in their Under-21s’ first two Premier League 2 fixtures of the season.
City have two spare spots in their 25-man EFL squad and so there would not need to be exits in order to register Antonio.
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