David Moyes provides fitness update on West Ham duo
David Moyes has confirmed that Andriy Yarmolenko and Nikola Vlasic are struggling for West Ham this week.
Speaking in his pre-match press conference before the Irons face Liverpool, The Scotsman revealed that he has a fully-fit squad apart from the Croatian and the Ukrainian [West Ham official website].
This isn’t good news for Yarmolenko, who has spent a lot of his time at the London Stadium injured and unavailable, while Vlasic really needs the game time after a slow start to life in east London.
Moyes said: “At the moment, we seem ok. Yarmolenko had a bit of an injury before we left, Vlasic as well. We’ll see how they are.
“It’s a quick turnaround between the games, but hopefully, we’ll be ok.”
Double blow for the Irons.
Despite Vlasic and Yarmolenko not exactly setting the world on fire when they have played this season, they have both still played quite regularly.
Therefore, if they do miss the Liverpool game, the Irons will be without two handy players who Moyes can call upon should he need them at any point.
He didn’t confirm if they would definitely miss the match, but considering they didn’t feature against Genk, you would think that it would be tight for either of them to make the match on Sunday [BBC].
This is a shame for both because they could really do with all the game time they can get their hands on with the likes of Pablo Fornals and Said Benrahma ahead of them in the pecking order.
So, though these injuries aren’t their fault, they could end pushing both of them just that little bit further down Moyes’ list.
In other West Ham news, Jurgen Klopp has heaped praise on one Irons star ahead of the game.
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