The Hammers have been hit by the devastating news that Marko Arnautovic is set to miss this evening’s game at Leicester City.
According to multiple sources including Football Insider and Football: London‘s Sam Inkersole on Twitter the striker will definitely miss the game.
If it turns out to be correct Marko’s absence could cancel out any advantage the Hammers might have thought they would gain from the reported likely absence of Jamie Vardy from the Foxes starting line-up.
Some reports are saying that the Austrian striker has suffered a bout of sickness which it is claimed has been sweeping through the Hammers squad.
And it is believed that Chicharito could step up for Arnie although Antonio could probably be considered more of a like for like replacement.
The likely Hammers line-up will now look like this: Fabianski, Zaba, Balbuena, Diop, Masuaku; Noble, Rice, Snodgrass, Anderson, Chichararito, Diangana