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A look at the latest injury news surrounding West Ham and Wolves as they prepare to face off in the Premier League.
West Ham are back in action on Tuesday night when they face a Wolves side hoping to secure their Premier League status for another season over the coming weeks. The Midlands side are just one place above the drop zone, but with the bottom three struggling to pick up any sort of momentum, they now have a nine-point gap over Ipswich Town.
Wolves are actually directly below the Irons, but there are eight points between them at this stage. The Hammers don’t have an awful lot to play for going into the back end of the season, but players will be playing for their futures given Graham Potter is likely to make significant changes over the summer. Here we round up the latest injury news surrounding both sides going into this one.
Leon Chiwome - Out
Chiwome is going to be out for much of the calendar year. Vitor Pereira has said: “Devastated to say that I've ruptured my ACL, and it will bring my season to an end just after coming back from injury.”
Yerson Mosquera - Out
Mosquera also has a serious knee injury and will be out until the summer. Former boss Gary O’Neill said at the time: “It’s really early days, and I don’t want to put a definitive time scale on it, but everything went very well with the surgery. Over the next days and weeks, we’ll start to really map out what the rehab looks like.”
Enso Medina - Out
It’s a similar situation with Medina, albeit a couple of months difference, with O’Neill saying at the time: “He's beginning his strength phase. He's a few months ahead of Yerson. He responded really well to the initial surgery and is back in the gym working hard, so he's right on track with where we'd expect him to be.” Medina will be out until the summer.
Matheus Cunha - Out
Cunha is suspended for this one after after he lost his temper in an FA Cup game and lashed out. Pereira said of the suspension: “This is a bad moment because the damage is of course to himself firstly, then to the team. But he gave us a lot until now and that means that this is the moment to support him. He had a bad moment. Of course, it was a mistake, and he needs to learn from his mistake.”
Sasa Kalajdzic - Out
Kalajdzic has been out with a long-term knee issue and his return date is unclear.
Michail Antonio - Out
Antonio is going to be out until at least the summer if not into next season following the nasty car crash he was involved in. The forward having said: “Yes, 100 per cent, I will play again. Overall, they say it will be between six to 12 months before my leg starts healing properly.”
Vladimir Coufal - Fit
Potter said he would have a ‘relatively full squad’ here, so that would indicate Coufal is back fit given he wasn’t specified in the players who are still out.
Niclas Fullkrug - Fit
Fullkrug is finally set to return, although it will only be off the bench, at best. Potter said in his pre-match press conference: "He hasn't played competitive football in a while and has had a fairly significant injury, so we will have to build his minutes up."
Crysencio Summerville - Doubt
Summerville was set to return at the same time as Fullkrug, but the winger has not made it back in time for this one and will remain sidelined until at least the weekend.
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