Fans of West Ham United have been reacting to an update which has relayed some injury news on the Hammers’ first-team squad.
According to @ExWHUemployee, as cited by @WHUFCFZ, both Angelo Ogbonna and Aaron Cresswell are unable to train at the moment due to injury.
In their podcast, @ExWHUemployee also revealed that Michail Antonio is on compassionate leave, so, he is also not currently training either.
Despite the suggestion that the two defenders were not training due to injury, neither of the players have been reported as injured by the club (per West Ham).
According to Transfermarkt, the club has a clean bill of health bar Jack Wilshere, however, the Daily Mail has already revealed that the English midfielder will be ready to return to action when the Premier League makes a comeback.
On Thursday, the Hammers revealed that the anticipated return of the Premier League has been provisionally set for 17th June by the league’s shareholders (per West Ham).
The return of England’s top flight will see Premier League players return to action for the first time since March; when football in the UK was suspended due to the current viral outbreak (per BBC).
So, with the injury update relayed to West Ham supporters on Twitter (via @WHUFCFZ), fans aired their fury that first-team players were injured despite the long break in play.
At the moment, Angelo Ogbonna and Aaron Cresswell are currently unable to train due to injury.
Michail Antonio has not trained either as he is on compassionate leave.
(via @ExWHUemployee) pic.twitter.com/6gYkVMUOZp
— West Ham Fan Zone (@WHUFCFZ) May 28, 2020
Injured….? From 10 weeks in lockdown…? pic.twitter.com/Ys0ulwAGhk
— PugBubble (@PugBubble) May 28, 2020
Football is back but nothing changes at west ham always injuries waiting just around the corner. You have got to laugh even in these sad times.
— mark weir (@hammer_upton) May 28, 2020
Are you frustrated that West Ham have injuries in the squad despite the long break?Yes, it's ridiculous
No, just one of them things
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David Moyes and his side currently find themselves sitting 16th in the Premier League table, out of the relegation zone on goal difference alone, with nine matches left to play (per BBC).
So, it seems likely that they will need every key player available once play resumes.
We have injuries when there’s no football haha unreal
— Josh? (@JoshVernege) May 28, 2020
At least we’re consistent ?
— Guy J ?? (@GUYJ39) May 28, 2020
This season, Ogbonna has been the tenth-best performer for West Ham in the Premier League with a respectable 6.69/10 average rating (per WhoScored).
Cresswell has fared worse, however, having been only the 16th-best performer for the Irons with a 6.62/10 average rating (per WhoScored).
Typical West Ham injuries already…
— ?????? ? ????????? ? (@PW57WHU) May 28, 2020
How can they be injured……. we haven’t played for 10 weeks ?? good job we moved to rush green to stop these injuries
— Peter goulding ? (@Goulding1Peter) May 28, 2020
While the majority of fans were livid with the injury update, one supporter was a little more understanding of the situation.
Finally a bit of common sense rather than meltdown from C&H.
— Forever_Boleyn (@Forever_Boleyn) May 28, 2020
Despite one supporter taking a more sympathetic view, it was clear to see that the majority of the London Stadium faithful were furious that Ogbonna and Cresswell were currently injured.