ExWHUemployee: Nikola Vlasic and Andriy Yarmolenko miss West Ham v Genk with injury
West Ham United have confirmed their starting XI for the Europa League clash against Genk this evening in Belgium.
David Moyes has made seven changes to his side, as he looks to keep things fresh with fixtures coming thick and fast this week.
Eagle-eyed fans noticed that two big names were missing from the squad with Nikola Vlasic and Andriy Yarmolenko left out.
ExWHUemployee has already revealed exactly why, with both absent with their own individual injury problems.
Writing on his personal Twitter account ahead of the clash, Ex shared the major update which will be a slight worry for Moyes.
“Him [Yarmolenko] and Vlasic were injury doubts and have missed out,” he wrote.
Problem?
Both will have had a real chance of starting this evening in Belgium.
Despite dominating and winning three out of three games in the Europa League so far, it hasn’t been with a full-strength side with numerous changes being made every single week.
Yarmolenko and Vlasic have both had little impact in the Premier League but have been given chances in Europe.
The summer signing, Vlasic, will be gutted with this development, especially as he hasn’t had a full chance to show exactly what he can do so far at the London Stadium.
This clash would have been exactly that ahead of the huge game with Liverpool, but it looks as though both could be out until after the international break now.
Hopefully, both can recover quickly from these problems and give Moyes a bigger squad to choose from at the London Stadium this weekend.
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