Another injury blow for West Ham

It appears West Ham’s injury curse has struck their backroom team too after a photo of Julian Dicks was posted by his daughter.

The 48-year-old is seen resting on the floor with an inflatable cast around his knee.

A club insider said the first team coach had a nasty slip in the shower after training yesterday at Rush Green training ground when he badly jarred his knee. He was unable to attend the Players’ Awards dinner last night as he was in so much pain and is unlikely to resume coaching for the remainder of the season.

The insider told Claret and Hugh that everyone at the club wished him well and for a speedy recovery.

His boss Slaven Bilic will soon go under the knife soon for a second hip operation two days after the end of the season. He is expected to be on crutches for five weeks over the summer.