Luis Guilherme Lira dos Santos, or Luis Guilherme, was absent from West Ham United’s season opening 3-0 loss to Sunderland. Guilherme suffered a certainly substantial, and perhaps serious shoulder injury. The injury is being reported as a broken collarbone, or a fractured clavicle.
Whatever you want to call it, it sounds pretty bad, and Guilherme could be out for maybe months, not weeks.
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West Ham could really use the Brazilian teenager, so this is a serious blow to say the least. Guilherme is one of three injury concerns for the Irons right now, with George Earthy still working his way back from the ankle injury that he suffered during the preseason training camp in Germany. It forced Earthy to miss the Premier League Summer Series, which comprised the Hammers’ preseason tour of the United States.
“George still has an injury that he sustained early in pre-season,” manager Graham Potter said at a press conference this past weekend.
And then finally, Crysencio Summerville is nearing the final stages of his rehabilitation back from his long-term hamstring injury.
“Cry is in the last stages of his rehab, so he won’t be available, but he’s getting really close,” said Potter. “That’s good for us.”
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