The precise nature of the injury is still not known but the national team’s medics will be ensuring the scan is carried out and a full report sent to the Hammers should their be an issue.
However, at this stage the Hammers are optimistic that the early reports of it having been a minor incident are correct and that the scan is precautionary rather than worrying.
The Hammers have also learned from the Senegal medics that Cheik Kouyate suffered a bout of illness on international duty but he too is likely to have received by the weekend for the crucial clash against Southampton.
We were told: “Neither case seems too serious but information at this stage is sketchy.”