West Ham United Head Coach Graham Potter has confirmed that Lucas Paquetá will miss Saturday’s Premier League trip to Arsenal after suffering an ankle injury in training.
The Brazilian playmaker picked up the problem in an accidental collision while preparing to face the Gunners, and is facing a period of one to two weeks on the sidelines.
Potter also revealed in his pre-match press conference on Thursday afternoon that right-back Vladimír Coufal will also miss out at Emirates Stadium with the hamstring injury which sidelined him against Brentford last time out, although he is closer to a return.
Meanwhile, Evan Ferguson will look to continue building his match minutes after making his Hammers debut from the bench against the Bees, following his recent loan arrival from Brighton & Hove Albion.
“It was a training incident for Lucas Paquetá, just an innocuous one,” Potter explained. “He went over on his ankle and had a little bit of a collision with Aaron Wan-Bissaka.
“He’s rolled his ankle and will be missing for the game on Saturday, and probably Leicester as well. We’ll see how it is, but it’s swollen up a bit.
“We’ll take it day by day, but I imagine it’ll be a week or two he’ll be away.
“Apart from that, team news is pretty much as we were. Vladi still had a little bit of a feeling [in his hamstring] so the game will come too soon for him at the weekend. He has an outside chance for Leicester.
“[Crysencio] Summerville is still making progress but still for a timeline, you’re looking the other side of the international break for him.”
