A huge West Ham boost could be on the cards for the Forest clash after a claim about injured star Lucas Paqueta.
West Ham face Nottingham Forest this weekend in another huge relegation six-pointer.
The Hammers dropped into the bottom three with defeat to Spurs at the weekend while Forest managed a 1-1 draw against Man City.
That increased the gap between Forest and West Ham to five points.
David Moyes is a man under severe pressure. And he knows West Ham must win five or six of the remaining 15 games to have a chance of staying up.
So anything but a win for the Hammers at home against Notts Forest is frankly unthinkable.
Injuries have been a real problem for West Ham of late and they were missing record signing Paqueta for the defeat to Spurs.
The Brazilian was forced off after falling on his shoulder early on in the recent 1-1 draw with Chelsea.
The West Ham midfielder was kept out for several weeks with a collarbone injury before the World Cup break.
It came just as Paqueta looked to be finding his feet in the West Ham team having struggled to adapt to English football.
Paqueta took to social media to confirm fears over his shoulder injury but revealed the results of tests were positive and he would ‘hopefully be back soon’.
Now a huge West Ham boost could be on the cards for the Forest clash after a claim about injured star Paqueta.
A site close to the West Ham board claims he ‘the latest word is’ that Paqueta has a better than 50-50 chance of being available for the crunch match.
“The Brazilian attacking midfielder looked to be enjoying himself more and more as the games progressed and hopefully he will be fit to play against Forest,” Claret and Hugh report.
“The latest word is he has a better than 50-50 chance.”
We’ll be keeping everything crossed.
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