Sanchez update

West Ham have confirmed that Carlos Sanchez looks certain to miss the rest of the season after pulling out of the Macclesfield Town match early on.

The Mirror claimed in a report earlier today that he had a suspected medial ligament problem and we can now confirm that.

It’s bad luck on a player who has had a troubled start at the club after his £4 million switch to the London Stadium.

He was of course guilty of a bad error against Wolves which led to their winner and was then dropped with Declan Rice, Mark Noble and Pedro Obiang forming the central/defensive midfield.

However, we are becoming light on midfield defensive options but Jack Wilshere is due back in a month and Snoddy is available although he  operates in an attacking role.

It now looks certain that the club will have to move for  defensive midfield back-up in the January window.

We were told: “It is very likely that Carlos’ season could now be over. He has sustained knee ligament damage.”