How West Ham used horrifying accident to ridicule & slash Michail Antonio’s wages
Michail Antonio has exposed a ruthless contract negotiation with West Ham Vice-Chairman Karren Brady, who used his near-fatal car crash to justify a heavily reduced £5,000-a-week offer.
Football can be a cold business, but Michail Antonio’s recent revelation about West Ham Vice-Chairman Karren Brady takes things to a brutal new level.
Speaking to FourFourTwo about his recovery from a devastating car crash that left him with a shattered leg, the veteran striker exposed the shockingly ruthless contract offer he received while at his lowest point.
Antonio recalled the blunt exchange:
“Karren Brady told me she’d offer £5k-a-week with the under-21s. I said, ‘How can you offer that when the under-21s are on more than that and I’ve been at this club for 10 years?’
Her response was, ‘Well, they haven’t been in a car crash and shattered their leg.”
After a decade of dedicated service, Antonio was met with cold calculations instead of compassion.
Unsurprisingly, the forward rejected the insulting terms and departed East London, leaving behind a stark reminder of how quickly club loyalty vanishes when tragedy strikes.
