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West Ham fear Yarmolenko could be out for six months with Achilles injury

  /  autty

West Ham fear that winger Andriy Yarmolenko could be out for six months with a ruptured Achilles tendon.

And that will be the second injury blow the Hammers have suffered in a week after high-profile signing Jack Wilshere suffered a setback in his recovery from ankle surgery.

Yarmolenko, however, is the more serious case.

The Ukrainian – signed in the summer for £18 million from Borussia Dortmund – was taken off on a stretcher during the 1-0 home defeat to Tottenham on Saturday.

He will have further tests on Sunday – but the indications are it is a similar injury to that of Laurent Koscielny which forced Arsenal’s central defender to miss the World Cup.

Koscielny was injured in May and has only just returned to training.

It looks likely he will not be able to play until next month at the earliest.

If it is confirmed that Yarmolenko has the same problem, it could mean he misses the rest of the season.

Wilshere has needed an injection last week after he felt soreness around the ankle on which he had surgery.

The former Arsenal midfielder had set a target of a comeback against Spurs in the Carabao Cup next week but that is now out of the question because his rehabilitation has been put back by two weeks.