David Moyes issues four-word Jarrod Bowen injury update after West Ham defeat to Sevilla in the Europa League last 16 first leg.
Bowen was a massive miss for West Ham as Moyes’s boys slipped to a 1-0 defeat at Sevilla.
Moyes was rocked by a huge blow when West Ham star Bowen was – as expected – ruled out of the huge Europa League last 16 first leg in Sevilla.
West Ham were very unfortunate to be beaten 1-0 by Jurgen Klopp’s title challengers at Anfield last time out.
The improved performance came at a cost for West Ham and Moyes, though, when Bowen was forced off injured.
After the Liverpool match Moyes said Bowen had injured his heel but was unsure how serious the knock was.
There was promising news when West Ham confirmed a scan showed no significant damage to Bowen’s foot.
West Ham’s medical chief Richard Collinge confirmed Bowen would face further assessment ‘in the coming days’ with the clock ticking on the trip to Spain.
While there may be no significant damage, the fact Bowen was in pain putting weight on his heel was a concern.
West Ham have carried out the further assessments on Bowen but are none the wiser.
Speaking in his pre-match press conference, Moyes said the mysterious Bowen injury had West Ham medics stumped.
“We’ve got Jarrod Bowen out for this game who’s been in great form for us in the last month or two,” Moyes said in his pre-match presser (whufc.com).
“Jarrod’s got a bit of an X factor which you need up-front. He’s been in really good form in the last two to three months. It won’t change us a great deal, but certainly we’ll be missing an important player.
“We’ve had three or four different scans on it and we’re not seeing anything severe, but we’re also trying to find out the cause. Because we’re a bit concerned what it might be (Sky Sports News 8.40pm Wednesday March 9th). We’re hoping we’ll have Jarrod back because he’s been a really important part of the team recently.”
The fact West Ham cannot pinpoint the specifics of the injury would surely make treating it quickly rather difficult.
It is a major concern.
And the Hammers boss could offer little comfort for West Ham fans ahead of the games against Aston Villa at the weekend and the all-important second leg next Thursday night.
Moyes issued a four-word Bowen injury update after West Ham’s defeat to Sevilla which will leave Hammers fans sweating.
“I have no idea,” Moyes responded on BT Sport when asked whether Bowen will be fit to play in the second leg.
It would be typical of West Ham’s rotten history of injuries that the club will not be able to call on their most in-form player for their biggest game in decades.
Infuriating. We can only hope Bowen can get himself back and ready.
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