Nayef Aguerd misses Morocco training, West Ham United worried over World Cup involvement
West Ham United are worried that Morocco will rush Nayef Aguerd back into their side for the quarter-final against Portugal, according to Claret and Hugh.
RMC Sport reported on 9 December that the 25-year-old had missed training in Qatar just one day before they faced off with the Portuguese for a place in the final four.
He was forced off in the African side’s remarkable round of 16 win against Spain after 84 minutes and looked to be holding his groin as he walked off the field.
Medical staff at the London Stadium are therefore concerned that he will go into the game with no training under his belt at all and potentially aggravate the same injury.
“We are waiting with great apprehension for Saturday and with fingers crossed,” an insider told Claret and Hugh.
Aguerd suffered a big injury in pre-season just after signing for the club and only made his Premier League debut in the final game before the World Cup break.
No say
It must be a horrible situation to be in for the physios and doctors at Rush Green because they know that they would pull him out of the game if they had any say in the matter.
They have their own selfish reasons for doing so as they want him to be ready to play for West Ham when the season resumes after Christmas but Morocco won’t care about that.
They have a World Cup quarter-final to play and Aguerd has been one of their star men in the tournament alongside Romain Saiss in defence.
He is an integral part of their strong spine which has remained sturdy all tournament long and helped them further than they’ve ever gone before.
David Moyes needs all of his men back and ready to go when the season restarts to try and get the Irons further away from the drop zone because they are far better than that.