West Ham gaffer Nuno Espírito Santo has given reporters an update on the fitness of Crysencio Summerville during his Manchester City presser today.
The Hammers boss was asked directly about the Dutchman’s fitness following a calf injury sustained against Brentford on Monday.
“Summerville will not be available against Manchester City. We will continue to assess him day by day. We are going to miss him because he’s an important player for us.”
I guess that puts to bed my own hopes that we might see him off the bench on Saturday night, but the fact Nuno is talking on a day-to-day basis is positive. Yesterday reports emerged that Summerville could be fit for West Ham’s Premier League game against Aston Villa, which would mean he would be available for a call-up to the Dutch squad.
International motivation could speed recovery
When discussing the 24-year-old wideman, Dutch boss Ronald Koeman said earlier this week:
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“He is very smart in how he keeps the ball and he has end product in his game. He is used to playing with full intensity both going forward and defending.”
If Summerville is using the motivation of playing for his country to speed up his recovery then hopefully that can only benefit the Hammers. Ideally, we still need to win a game that nobody expects us to, so a result against either City or Villa would be huge going into the international break.