Jack Wilshere’s injury issues are becoming the nightmare many predicted when the club decided to invest in a three year contract for the former Gunner.
For this morning The Mirror– via Darren Lewis – who has good links to the London Stadium inside sources reports that the midfielder is likely to be missing for yet another five weeks with his fresh ankle problem.
The Wilshere situation has been discussed many times but it makes it no less worrying and expensive should the report be accurate as the player’s history tends to show it may well be.
He has made just a brief appearance at Newcastle before the Hammers boss Manuel Pellegrini revealed he has another injury on the other ankle to the one on which he received surgery in October.
And it means that in all the player has made just four lack lustre appearances in the first four defeats of the season following his reported £100k switch to West Ham.
In his report Lewis says Wilshere has been ruled out for the entire festive period, with the Hammers worried he could need yet another operation.
It was always a dodgy sighning . We know he is quality , as we have watched him over years playing quality stuff at Arsenal . His contract ran out and West Ham have picked up his injury tab . Hopefully he will overcome from his latest setback and get back to his very best .
If he can recover to his very best is of course another question…. not like Carroll who I personally think most definitely will . That brings me to another couple of treatment table occupants with likes of Reid & Lanzini . Even if they do recover for next season it will take a while before they are up and running . We never saw enough of Yarmalenko so it’s hard to say . THESE modern football boots ( slippers) don’t offer much support or protection imo .