The West Ham United man is recovering well from his hamstring injury.
West Ham United ace Michail Antonio has told the club’s official website that he is “raring to go” for next season.
The 27-year-old has only managed 80 minutes of football since the middle of March after a hamstring injury cut his season short by a couple of months.
And the former Nottingham Forest man says that although he is still undergoing rehab for the complaint, he is “progressing well” and can’t wait for the 2017-18 campaign.
“The rehab is going well, I’m on schedule and where I want to be. I had a short break at the end of the season, but since then I’ve been back in at the training ground every day, working hard and trying to make sure everything is right,” he told West Ham’s website.
“It’s been a lot of gym work, just to get the strength back in the hamstring and remove the scar tissue. That’s all progressing well and I’m raring to go for the new season.”
Antonio has emerged as a hugely popular figure among the West Ham fans in recent seasons and he was voted Hammer of the Year last term, after netting nine goals.
Having also hit nine during the 2015-16 campaign, the winger added that he is determined to better those figures next season.
“I am so determined to have a great season, especially after the injury. My target at the start of last season was to improve and score more goals than I had the previous year. And I ended up getting the same number, nine.
“I could blame the injury and say I would have beaten it, but that’s not how I think. All I think is: ‘I didn’t reach my target.’
“So next season, I want to reach it. I want to get to that mark as soon as possible so that I can make it higher, keep pushing myself and keep getting better.”
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