West Ham Yet To Decide On Antonio Future

West Ham person yet to determine connected Michail Antonio's early astatine nan nine arsenic leader Graham Potter acknowledged nan striker is successful a "unique" situation.

Antonio, 34, has not played for nan Hammers since he suffered a broken limb successful a car crash successful December, but is is retired of statement successful nan summer.

The Jamaica world had surgery aft nan mishap successful Essex and spent much than 3 weeks successful hospital.

However, West Ham's all-time starring Premier League scorer pinch 68 goals from 268 games has since returned to ray training.

"When we person thing to announce, we will denote it," Potter said erstwhile asked astir Antonio's early astatine a news convention connected Friday.

"It's a unsocial business pinch Michail successful position of really he's recovering from his injury, he's doing fantastically well, he's going done a lot, we'll support him and that's nan main point astatine nan moment."

Meanwhile, West Ham are group to merchandise 4 long-serving players erstwhile their contracts expire.

Lukasz Fabianski, Aaron Cresswell, Vladimir Coufal and Danny Ings will time off nan London Stadium astatine nan extremity of nan season.

Left-back Cresswell, 35, has been pinch West Ham 11 seasons, and holds a grounds for nan longest unbroken stint arsenic a top-flight subordinate pinch nan club.

Goalkeeper Fabianski 40, right-back Coufal and striker Ings, some 32, were each members of nan squad which won nan Uefa Conference League successful 2023.

"Aaron, Lukasz, Vladimir and Danny person been a pleasance to activity pinch successful my clip present truthful far," Potter added.

"They are each superb professionals connected and disconnected nan pitch, pinch awesome acquisition successful nan Premier League, and intelligibly loved and admired by their team-mates and everyone present astatine nan club.

"We felt it was important to corroborate this news now, retired of respect for them and nan work they person fixed to nan club, and to let our supporters to show their appreciation astatine our last location lucifer of nan season."

The Hammers sojourn Manchester United connected Sunday (14:15 BST), pinch their last location lucifer against Nottingham Forest connected Sunday, 18 May.