'A warrior and fighter' - West Ham wear Antonio shirts in support

West Ham's players warmed up successful Michail Antonio shirts anterior to Monday's important Premier League fixture against Wolves to amusement their enactment for their injured team-mate.

The Hammers forward, 34, remains successful infirmary after being progressive successful a car crash connected Saturday.

Antonio underwent country connected Sunday connected a little limb fracture and volition proceed to person infirmary attraction implicit the coming days.

The Jamaica planetary is the club's all-time starring scorer successful the Premier League, with 68 goals successful 268 league appearances.

Speaking anterior to kick-off, West Ham skipper Jarrod Bowen told Sky Sports: "Everyone loves Mic, helium is large quality and waiting for quality connected the Saturday was difficult.

"He is not conscionable a team-mate, helium is simply a person and has been for galore years - a dada arsenic well, to beauteous children. I conscionable privation to accidental convey you to each the enactment from everyone. As skipper I've seen each the messages and enactment Mic has got.

"It is 1 of those things wherever beingness is bigger than football. The main happening is Mic is harmless and good and helium is present to archer the story. He is simply a warrior and a fighter, helium ever has been, done his vocation and I cognize helium volition beryllium backmost stronger for this."

Manager Julen Lopetegui added: "Fortunately helium was a miracle, looking astatine the representation of the the car. These are much important things, the person, the dad, the brother.

"We are blessed due to the fact that helium overcame the country that helium had yesterday."

There was besides a minute's applause for Antonio successful the ninth infinitesimal astatine the London Stadium erstwhile the crippled against Wolves had kicked off.

The Hammers said the peculiar 'Antonio 9' shirts, walking-out tops and the players' match-worn shirts volition beryllium signed and auctioned off, with the proceeds donated to the National Health Service and Air Ambulances UK.

In a statement, the nine added it "would similar to reiterate heartfelt acknowledgment to the archetypal responders, exigency services, aerial ambulance unit and the NHS for the unthinkable enactment fixed to Michail successful the aftermath of the accident".