Bellamy out for a month

Striker's hamstring blow confirmed

Last updated: 7th August 2008

craig bellamy hamstring injury west ham

Bellamy: Injured again

FANTASY FOOTBALL
Play Sky Sports' Fantasy Football game and you could win prizes worth up to £20,000. Click here for more details.

Related links

Teams

Players

Also see

West Ham have confirmed that Craig Bellamy looks set for at least a month on the sidelines.

The Wales striker limped out of the Hammers' pre-season friendly success at Ipswich after just 23 minutes with a hamstring injury.

Scans have now revealed the extent of the damage which has ruled him out until September.

Bellamy, who endured a injury-plagued campaign last year, is now determined to bounce back once again.

"I just pulled up in the match, I wasn't feeling tight beforehand or anything like that," Bellamy told the club's official website.

Gutting

"I have been fit and well throughout the pre-season, so this was not anything that had affected me before at all.

"It is just one of those things that happened in the match and now I will be just concentrating on getting through it and coming back strong and well to do my best for West Ham.

"I am out for a month and so it is gutting for me not to be able to start the season, especially as I have had a great pre-season and worked really hard.

"But it won't affect me too much in terms of working through the rehabilitation for this injury and to get back better than before again.

"I have probably had the best pre-season ever and I think I have shown that I proved my point in that I totally recovered from my injury last year and have returned fitter and stronger like I said I would.

"I have been looking forward to this season with West Ham so much, one of the most I have looked forward to.

"I wanted to hit the ground running and make an immediate impact. I have done this in pre-season, and was looking to carry this into the start of the new season, but I will just have to wait a bit now to do this.

"But I am making sure I am working as hard as possible in getting over the injury and will come back better and stronger than before to play my part in the team."