West Ham suffer injury blow ahead of Chelsea clash - as Graham Potter provides update on striker search
West Ham suffer injury blow ahead of Chelsea clash - as Graham Potter provides update on striker search
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West Ham boss Graham Potter has been dealt yet another injury blow with playmaker Lucas Paqueta a doubt for the trip to Chelsea. The Brazilian forward, who has scored twice since Potter’s arrival, picked up a groin problem at the end of the draw against Aston Villa.
![[Lucas Paqueta is a doubt after picking up a groin problem at the end of the draw vs Aston Villa]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/30/15/94688559-14342999-image-m-54_1738252689479.jpg)
Paqueta has been key for Potter during his short reign, utilised as a makeshift striker with a raft of injuries to Hammers attackers Jarrod Bowen, Niclas Fullkrug, Michail Antonio and Crysencio Summerville. ‘We’re just monitoring and looking after him,’ said Potter. ‘We will have to see. He hasn't trained so far this week but we're hopeful that he will train the back end of the week.’.
![[In better news, Hammers captain Jarrod Bowen is expected to return from a fractured foot]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/30/15/94688545-14342999-image-a-55_1738252783047.jpg)
Summerville is also expected to miss the game against Potter’s former club Chelsea with a hamstring injury but Bowen is expected to return from a fractured foot to give the Hammers boss a much-needed boost. Bowen fractured his foot against Liverpool in December but could feature on Monday night as Potter returns to Stamford Bridge for the first time as a manager since his sacking nearly two years ago.
![[Evan Ferguson remains the most likely striking option to come in, but he is currently injured]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/30/16/94688931-14342999-image-a-57_1738252912535.jpg)
West Ham have suffered another injury blow ahead of their Premier League trip to Chelsea. Lucas Paqueta is a doubt after picking up a groin problem at the end of the draw vs Aston Villa. In better news, Hammers captain Jarrod Bowen is expected to return from a fractured foot.
