Michail Antonio told reporters that he cannot remember the terrible car crash he experienced, but the Watford striker is still haunted by recurring nightmares.

Photos from the accident scene

The 36-year-old former West Ham United legend suffered serious injuries after crashing his £260,000 Ferrari FF into a tree in December 2024.

Antonio sustained a severe leg fracture and was later pulled from the wreckage. However, he proved the doubters wrong by returning to play, thereby saving his career.

But the all-time leading Premier League goalscorer for West Ham United revealed that during his recovery, he has been frequently woken by recurring nightmares.

"I'm driving down the road, and a truck suddenly cuts in front of me, and I swerve to avoid it, and then I wake up," Antonio told reporters.

"That's the only thing that's in my head. But I don't know if that's real, because it might just be a nightmare. So I haven't really gone out and talked about it."

"Even though it happened to me, I didn't really experience it, because I don't remember it."

"My family suffered more than I did, because I'm not the one who actually experienced it. They saw the accident, had to go to the hospital, and saw me lying there."

"I don't remember being in the hospital, so my family is always telling me how bad things were for me."

"Sometimes it's very difficult to talk about it with them, because they have very clear memories of everything, and I don't."

Antonio joined Watford earlier this month on a free transfer, after his brief spell with Qatari club Al Sailiya came to an end.

He was an unused substitute against Stoke City and was not included in the squad for the match against Bristol City, and is still waiting to make his Watford debut.

The striker, who was sacked by West Ham United last year, believes that psychological therapy played an important role in his desperate effort to revive his career.

The former UEFA Europa Conference League winner added: "I genuinely believe that psychological therapy is important for everyone in the world."

"Life goes through many stages, and you feel the need to adapt."

"There should be mandatory psychological therapy at every life stage. At age 10, you start thinking about secondary school."

"At ages 12 or 14, you start thinking about what you want to do for your exams. At age 16, you think, 'Do I still want to go to university?'"

"As an adult, are you doing work that satisfies you? At age 60, you start thinking about retirement. These are all stages where your life will change."

"When you find your problems and find the answers, you will be happier. If someone just tells you the answer, you'll feel less satisfied, because it's too easy."

Last week, Antonio was banned from driving for 6 months after failing to identify the driver when his Lamborghini was involved in an alleged traffic violation in November last year.

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