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title: "West Ham United: David Moyes provides Ben Johnson injury update"
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# West Ham United: David Moyes provides Ben Johnson injury update

**West Ham United manager David Moyes has provided an injury update on Ben Johnson ahead of the Irons’ upcoming Europa League clash against Lyon.**

### The Lowdown: Johnson left out on Sunday

The 22-year-old was missing from the Hammers’ matchday squad for the [2-1 win against relegation-threatened Everton](https://www.skysports.com/football/west-ham-united-vs-everton/report/446596) on Sunday. Prior to that victory, the right-back had played the full 90 minutes in West Ham’s [last four Premier League games](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ben-johnson/leistungsdaten/spieler/468002).

As a result, this sparked rumours of an injury which he would have picked up whilst on international duty with England under-21s last week.

[West Ham latest developments!](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/web-stories/west-ham-latest-developments-4/)

### The Latest: Moyes’ update on Johnson

During his post-match press conference following the Everton game, Moyes provided details as to why Johnson did not feature in his matchday squad, seemingly a last-gasp decision given the defender’s training pattern leading up to the game.

As quoted by [football.london](https://www.football.london/west-ham-united-fc/fixtures-results/every-word-david-moyes-said-23582964), the West Ham manager claimed: *“He felt his hamstring playing for England on Wednesday night. He trained Friday and Saturday but felt it again Saturday. We don’t think it’s bad but it was a decision today. We didn’t not want him for other weeks. I’m hoping he’ll be ok.”*

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### The Verdict: Could be a blow

Whilst Moyes doesn’t think that the injury is severe, Johnson could be a doubt for West Ham’s Europa League quarter-final tie against Lyon, which takes place on Thursday.

This would come as a huge blow to the Irons, as the 22-year-old has stepped up brilliantly in Vladimir Coufal’s absence, ranking in [the squad’s top five](https://www.whoscored.com/Teams/29/Show/England-West-Ham) for tackles and clearances per game. It could now be up to an out-of-sorts Ryan Fredericks to fill the void – only one player to have started a league game for the east Londoners this term has a lower [WhoScored](https://www.whoscored.com/Teams/29/Show/England-West-Ham) performance rating.

Described as a [“wonderful professional to deal with and work with”](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/cvrr7m2vl13o) by West Ham coach Stuart Pearce, the Hammers will be hoping that Johnson will be back to full fitness in no time.

***In other news: [Noel Whelan makes transfer claim on this potential Hammers target](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/west-ham-news/tielemans-west-ham-europe-noel-whelan/)***