West Ham boss Alan Curbishley is waiting on news of Craig Bellamy's injury after the striker missed out on a return at the weekend.
West Ham chief checks on the fitness of his striker
West Ham boss Alan Curbishley is waiting on news of Craig Bellamy's injury after the striker missed out on a return at the weekend.
The 28-year-old Welshman was expected to feature this Saturday for the visit of Arsenal to Upton Park, but pulled out late on due to reservations over his fitness.
Wales boss John Toshack has expressed his concern at the player's troublesome groin complaint ahead of a Euro 2008 qualifying double-header and now his club manager has offered his own perspective.
Hopeful
"He's trained Thursday and Friday perfectly, then felt sore again, so we've had to pull him out again," said Curbishley. "So we have some thinking to do about the injury.
"We don't think it is particularly serious but we have to get to the bottom of it.
"Since he's been with us he's been wearing different orthotics to help an old injury, and it has worked, but it has caused something else.
"He's got this groin strain, which we don't think is any more than that."
