By Chris Wright
One for the ever-swelling “Daft Injuries” file here, with the news that Enner Valencia has been ruled out of West Ham’s upcoming trip to Arsenal after injuring himself in a domestic cup-related injury.
According to a statement issued on the official West Ham site, Valencia suffered a “deep laceration” on his toe after accidentally treading on a broken tea cup.
“Enner Valencia sustained a deep laceration of his big toe on Tuesday evening in an accident at his home.
“The No31 trod on a piece of teacup, which he had dropped, and the resulting wound required emergency hospital treatment to clean and stitch the wound.
“The forward was joined at hospital by West Ham United medical staff, who oversaw the surgery required.”
Unsurprisingly, manager Sam Allardyce wasn’t best pleased by the news that one of his first-choice forwards had been felled by rogue crockery ahead of such an important fixture.
“Enner has had an accident at home and has cut his big toe quite severely on a broken cup. It has been stitched,” confirmed Large Samuel.
“We’re not exactly certain but we think it will be too soon for him be considered for the game at Arsenal on Saturday.
“It was a freak accident at a time when we could have done without it due to our lack of available strikers.”
Ha! What a mug!
(Sorry)