Nigel Reo-Coker has been ruled out of action for up to six weeks and is likely to miss the whole Christmas period of matches. The injury is an ankle one which he picked up in his side ( West Ham's) 1-0 over West Brom last week. A CT scan confirmed the England under-21 captain had a small crack in his ankle bone that could result in him missing West Ham's Christmas fixtures programme. However, goalkeeper Roy Carroll has returned to training and is expected to be available to play Tottenham in the Premiership on Sunday.
Bad news obviously because Reo-Coker has been instrumental in West Ham's good start to the season. The former MK Dons man was also instrumental in West Ham getting promotion to the Premiership last season. Reo-Coker,21, also missed England's under-21's crucial World Cup qualifier against France and he will also of course miss the match tonight.
