West Ham stars have been pictured back at training including a happy Kurt Zouma just a week after his knee operation.
West Ham are just one point off the bottom three as the Premier League pauses for the World Cup.
The Hammers went into the break off the back of three miserable, consecutive home defeats in six days.
Many, including David Moyes himself, feel the break might have come at just the right time for West Ham offering the Scot and his staff and players some precious time to start putting things right on the training ground.
The Hammers need to regroup, refresh and refocus because the pressure will be on when the Premier League resumes.
Before getting down to work at Rush Green, Moyes and his players took some holiday time.
But there was bad news when West Ham confirmed last week that £29m star Zouma had to have a knee operation.
Hammers captain Declan Rice, Thilo Kehrer, Lucas Paqueta, Alphonse Areola and Nayef Aguerd are flying the flag for West Ham at the World Cup.
Meanwhile Jarrod Bowen shook off his World Cup disappointment by joining boss Moyes in taking a holiday to Florida.
The Hammers are back in town now, though, with one big surprise.
West Ham stars have been pictured back at training including a happy Zouma just a week after his knee operation.
West Ham posted pictures of £35m striker Gianluca Scamacca, Ben Johnson and Pablo Fornals all arriving back at Rush Green alongside the caption “The boys are back in the building”.
But there was also the welcome sight of Zouma on his feet and walking into the training base all smiles with a big thumbs up to the camera.
If Zouma is already on his feet that is great news.
Reports had abound that the French defender could be out for the season.
But seeing him on his feet and walking already tallies with claims from an insider that Zouma did not required a serious op and is expected back sooner rather than later.
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