Niclas Fullkrughere we go again. The West Ham striker will be out for several weeks following a hamstring injury suffered during the 2-1 defeat against Aston Villa in the FA Cup on Friday, as announced by the English club a few hours ago. Füllkrug, who joined from Borussia Dortmund in August, had already missed two months with an Achilles tendon problem, only returning last month and has scored just 2 goals in the Premier League so far.
The German’s absence adds to West Ham’s physical woes, with captain Jarrod Bowen suffering a broken foot and striker Michail Antonio undergoing surgery for a broken leg after a serious road accident the month last. West Ham, 14th in the table, host Fulham on Tuesday in new manager Graham Potter’s first league match.
The official press release
“West Ham United can confirm that striker Niclas Füllkrug suffered a thigh muscle injury in Friday’s FA Cup third round match against Aston Villa. The German striker will be out for a few weeks.”
The indiscretion
Arkadiusz Milik’s knockout forces Juventus to attack. Among the profiles evaluated, although not the first on the list where Joshua Zirkzee and Randal Kolo Muani resist, there is also Niclas Fullkrug. German – according to what was ascertained by the editorial staff of TMW – from West Ham returned after a long injury at the beginning of December, also scoring in the last match against Manchester City. With this last-minute injury, however, everything suggests that the path that led to the former Borussia Dortmund will be abandoned by the Juventus club, in search of a reinforcement that can be recruited immediately.