Questions were raised when Manuel Lanzini didn’t even make the bench against Manchester United on Sunday and now speculation has risen over how long he’s going to be sidelined through injury.
Claret and Hugh report the Argentine playmaker looks set to miss up to four weeks after suffering a foot injury during the international break and played through a pain barrier against Aston Villa last week.
Plenty of West Ham United fans are clearly concerned, with Lanzini starting the 2019-20 campaign so well…
Twitter: @ExWHUemployee So the good news is he might only miss two games & we have the international break coming up again,… https://t.co/eNfp7yZlhC (@RobWaldon)
Twitter: @ExWHUemployee And he’s just signed a new contract :/ (@BradHellyer1)
Twitter: @ExWHUemployee Long time for someone with a “small problem” (@RookieFpl)
Twitter: @ExWHUemployee I’m a bit peeved. I love Lanzini He is usually hurt or recovering when I’m in London. (@DenverWestHam)
Twitter: @ExWHUemployee Not bad for a so called “knock”
Why whenever our players get injured with knocks r they always out f… https://t.co/7AajGFgPko (@lemlem75)
Read West Ham’s verdict
Manuel Pellegrini described Lanzini’s injury as a ‘small problem’, but a four-week injury lay-off would suggest otherwise.
It’d be a big shame for the 26-year-old to miss such a chunk from the season after looking impressive in recent weeks, but that’s the risk of representing your nation.
He’ll come back stronger and hopefully, the Hammers will still be on this tremendous unbeaten run when that time arrives.
