Speaking on twitter this evening Joint Chairman David Gold said ‘Bad news. C.Kouyate will be out for 6 weeks. He will probably miss 5 games and might be available for Aston Villa at home 8 nov. dg’
The defensive midfielder suffered a groin injury on Saturday and underwent a scan today.
On Sunday Gold said “Scan tomorrow but I think he will be fine. dg” but this evening he defended himself saying “I saw him after the match and he told me he would be fine. dg”
Typical West Ham! Just when things start to go right something comes along and knocks us back down again.