The West Ham hierarchy are far from happy with Gareth Southgate over the Jarrod Bowen injury and a plea to Ghana was ignored too.
International breaks are always a worrying time for any club manager but the first two of the season passed without incident or injury for West Ham.
Unfortunately the same cannot be said for the latest and last international of the year.
The top source inside West Ham told Hammers News the full truth on the injury situation yesterday, describing the November international break as ‘disastrous for us’.
Hierarchy far from happy with Southgate
That follows injuries to Jarrod Bowen, Michail Antonio and the playing though injury of Mohammed Kudus.
Earlier this week Hammers News highlighted that England boss Gareth Southgate admitted he allowed Bowen to continue to train despite West Ham’s top scorer raising concerns over a potential knee injury.
We put that to our top contact inside the Hammers boardroom and it is safe to say they were far from impressed.
Kudus plea also went ignored
Meanwhile it has also emerged that the club made a direct plea for Ghana not to call up Kudus, who has been suffering with back pain for several weeks.
But the Black Stars, led by former West Ham and Tottenham player Chris Hughton, not only selected him anyway but played the attacker despite him missing training with the issue.
“Not great regarding Southgate,” a top West Ham source told Hammers News on the Bowen injury as the club anxiously awaits the prognosis.
Players being run into the ground
West Ham insider Sean Whetstone then revealed the club’s plea for Ghana not to select Kudus fell on deaf ears.
“So it turns out Mohammed Kudus has been suffering with a bad back for a few weeks now, club weren’t keen for him to on international duty as long flights can much things worse,” Whetstone said.
“Kudus didn’t train yesterday due to back pain while running. West Ham were hoping he would be rested tonight but former Hammer Chris Houghton put him on in the second half.
“The West Ham medical staff will assess after his flight home.”
It seems West Ham’s star players have been treated like cattle not multi-million pound athletes.
Is it any wonder we are seeing more and more serious injuries across Europe’s top leagues?
Players are being run into the ground by the greedy powers that be.
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