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Masuaku out with knee injury
- Updated: September 23, 2016
West Ham defender Arthur Masuaku will be out for a minimum of six weeks after suffering a knee injury in this week’s EFL Cup match against Accrington Stanley.
The 22-year-old left the pitch on a stretcher with three minutes to go during Thursday’s 1-0 victory, although it was still unknown at the time about the severity of the injury.
During a press conference on Friday, Hammers’ boss Slaven Bilic revealed the injury means Masuaku is to be sidelined for well over a month.
“Arthur Masuaku has damaged his ligaments and we will know better in one week when he will be back. But it will be at least six weeks,” he said.
West Ham have been blighted by injuries this year and Masuaku’s injury has come at a particularly bad time for Bilic as fellow left-back Aaron …