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title: "Moyes handed double injury blow ahead of European opener with FCSB"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Niall Keenan"
section: "Matchday"
published: "2022-09-08T12:00:12Z"
modified: "2022-09-08T12:00:18Z"
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# Moyes handed double injury blow ahead of European opener with FCSB

**ExWHUemployee has confirmed that both Ben Johnson and Aaron Cresswell will miss the first of West Ham’s Europa Conference League group games.**

Both men missed the trip to Stamford Bridge last Saturday while Johnson [didn’t feature](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ben-johnson/leistungsdaten/spieler/468002) against Tottenham due to a hamstring injury.

Cresswell seemingly managed a [groin problem](https://twitter.com/BenDinnery/status/1564604652733308929) in the 1-1 draw with Spurs but Ex has now claimed on [The West Ham Way Patreon page](https://www.patreon.com/posts/early-team-news-71684356) that the duo will both miss the visit of FCSB.

He wrote: ‘David Moyes has the usual dilemmas of injuries and rotations to contemplate this week.

‘Both full-backs Ben Johnson and Aaron Cresswell will miss today’s match with strains.’

Moyes came into the season with [£30m](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12637204/nayef-aguerd-west-ham-complete-30m-signing-of-moroccan-defender-from-rennes) summer signing Nayef Aguerd having to undergo [ankle surgery](https://www.whufc.com/news/aguerd-undergoes-successful-surgery) while Craig Dawson is still yet to feature this term as he deals with a persistent [thigh injury](https://thisisfutbol.com/2022/08/blogs/premier-league/west-ham-united-news-exwhuemployee-whufc-injury-update-craig-dawson/) meaning Johnson had to deputise in the centre of the back-line for the first three games of the year including the two opening Premier League fixtures.

Thilo Kehrer has [since arrived](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11685/12675151/west-ham-sign-defender-thilo-kehrer-from-paris-saint-germain-for-10-1m-plus-add-ons) to fill the position alongside Kurt Zouma while Johnson has shifted out to his more natural right-back position and while Vladimir Coufal is first-choice you would think that Moyes would like the luxury of having a choice given the upcoming league game with Newcastle and the fact that Coufal himself is [returning to fitness](https://www.claretandhugh.info/coufal-injury-update/).

Emerson, meanwhile, is likely to come in for Cresswell but with four defenders injured and three fixtures in the next seven days, it certainly isn’t an ideal situation for Moyes.