Lucas Paqueta is not available for the Manchester United vs West Ham clash tomorrow, according to David Moyes.
And that really is a huge blow for the Hammers ahead of our clash with Manchester United at Old Trafford.
West Ham won our last Premier League game at home to Bournemouth on Monday night, and Moyes will be desperate for his team to get a positive result against Man United.
The Hammers could climb up to eighth spot in the Premier League table with a win against Erik ten Hag’s side tomorrow.
West Ham not being able to call upon Lucas Paqueta will severely hinder our chances of doing just that though.
Moyes dropped the disappointing news yesterday afternoon…
West Ham to be without Lucas Paqueta for Manchester United clash
The Brazilian injured his shoulder against Southampton two weeks ago. It was actually claimed by club insiders that he could be back for the Bournemouth game.
It appears as though those claims were well wide of the mark though.
Moyes spoke to reporters yesterday and responded when asked whether the 25-year-old could feature against Manchester United at Old Trafford, as quoted by Football.London:
Lucas Paqueta is not available, won’t be available until next week.
Having one of our best players unavailable for the Man United clash is obviously not what we wanted to hear before the game.
Having said that, I am very confident that we can still go to Old Trafford and win the match.
It won’t be easy, of course it won’t. But I just hope that Moyes sets up his team to go out and attack Manchester United. They can easily be got at, Brighton proved that on the opening weekend of the Premier League season.
Lucas Paqueta might not feature for West Ham against Manchester United. And as big of a blow as that undoubtedly is, the game will still be there for the taking, if we approach it in the correct manner.
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