Michail Antonio in line to make astonishing return from car crash with West Ham star set to be back in training in WEEKS

MICHAIL ANTONIO could beryllium backmost grooming with his West Ham team-mates adjacent period — successful what would beryllium an astonishing betterment from his fearfulness car crash.

The striker is fortunate to beryllium live aft a smash involving his  Ferrari in  Essex connected December 7 near him with a breached leg.

Instagram

Michail Antonio is connected the mend aft his fearfulness crash[/caption]

Steve Bell

He crashed his Ferrari backmost successful December[/caption]

Getty

Graham Potter has fixed an update connected Antonio’s imaginable return[/caption]

Yet Antonio, 34, who was successful infirmary for much than 3 weeks, has been in airy grooming successful Dubai and could adjacent instrumentality to enactment this word — adjacent though it was feared helium mightiness ne'er play again.

Antonio was owed to instrumentality to London past nighttime and boss  Graham Potter hinted helium mightiness beryllium progressive successful afloat grooming aft the adjacent planetary model successful precocious March.

Ahead of visiting Arsenal today, Potter said: “He’s recovering.

“He’s been successful Dubai and it’s been bully for him to get that enactment in.

“He’s not astatine that level of kicking a shot yet.

“It’s conscionable a lawsuit of dilatory getting backmost connected the transportation successful astir apt a somewhat warmer situation than our grooming crushed present successful February.”

Asked erstwhile helium could beryllium backmost grooming with the squad, Potter said: “I wouldn’t beryllium reasoning thing this broadside of the planetary interruption for sure.”

And a Premier League instrumentality this season?

Potter said: “I wouldn’t privation to enactment immoderate clip connected it due to the fact that it’s not just connected him.

“We conscionable instrumentality it day-by-day and see.”

Alamy

Jarrod Bowen paid tribute to Antonio aft scoring against Wolves[/caption]

Getty

He could instrumentality to grooming earlier the extremity of the season[/caption]

West Ham has suffered successful the lack of Antonio this season.

Since the striker was ruled retired 2 days earlier the nine bushed Wolves 2-1 astatine the London Stadium.

It was during that crippled that nine captain Bowen held up an Antonio garment successful honour of his team-mate.

Since then, manager Julen Lopetegui has been sacked from the dugout and replaced by Potter.

The Hammers person mislaid six of 10 league games, winning conscionable once, which has near them sitting 16th.

Potter and his squad volition anticipation to crook their fortunes astir and nutrient a daze triumph implicit Arsenal astatine the Emirates.

Antonio is West Ham’s grounds Premier League goalscorer with 68Getty