West Ham coy on Jarrod Bowen recovery after foot fracture in Liverpool loss
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The Hammers’ captain kept playing after sustaining the injury, before ultimately being substituted. West Ham coach Julen Lopetegui has refused to put a timeline on Jarrod Bowen’s recovery from injury, after the club captain suffered a foot fracture on Sunday.
![[Jarrod Bowen’s foot fracture follows Michail Antonio’s broken leg from a car crash in December]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/12/31/16/JARROD_BOWEN_12493.jpg)
Bowen sustained the injury in the first half of West Ham’s 5-0 loss at home to Liverpool, but he managed to keep playing until the 60th minute – when he was ultimately substituted. The forward’s injury is a significant concern for West Ham, who have failed to impress since Lopetegui’s arrival last summer, with the club sitting 13th in the Premier League at the midway point of the season.
![[Antonio will be ‘out for a long time’, Lopetegui added on Thursday]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/01/01/West_Ham-Antonio_22008.jpg)
Eight points separate the Hammers from the relegation zone, with Bowen’s injury proving as untimely as goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski’s recent concussion, as well as Michail Antonio’s broken leg in a serious car crash in December. “Let’s see, but it’s not gonna be a few days for sure,” Lopetegui said of Bowen’s recovery, at a press conference on Thursday (2 January). “Unfortunately for us, yes, he has an injury. He was able to play 15 minutes with this injury, and now he has to rest and he has to recover.
“It’s not good news for us, but it’s the moment for other players. We are sure that Jarrod is going to make the time that he has to recover [as short as possible], because of his character, but it’s true that he’s going to be out of the next matches.
“I prefer not to say a number, because we have to see how he’s going to develop in the next weeks. Jarrod is one of our main players for sure, and our captain, too, but now we have to be able to find solutions. And it’s the moment for other players to show that they are ready to help us. I’m sure the answer is gonna be good.
