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title: "West Ham United: Fans flock to ExWHUemployee injury update"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/west-ham-united-fans-flock-to-exwhuemployee-injury-update/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Emilio Galantini"
section: "Premier League"
published: "2021-05-02T11:40:01Z"
modified: "2021-05-02T11:40:01Z"
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# West Ham United: Fans flock to ExWHUemployee injury update

**According to an update courtesy of ExWHUemployee, via [West Ham Fan Zone](https://twitter.com/WHUFCFZ/status/1388232532232114182), Michail Antonio has an outside chance of being available for the Burnley game on Monday night and is ‘way ahead of schedule’ in his recovery.**

David Moyes, who is often [cryptic](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/west-ham-news/west-ham-united-david-moyes-drops-cryptic-two-word-january-transfer-hint/) in regards to injury updates, confirmed on Friday that the 31-year-old is back on the grass and refused to rule him out of contention for the trip to Turf Moor ([football.london](https://www.football.london/west-ham-united-fc/news/david-moyes-west-ham-burnley-20503291)).

Backing up the manager’s statement, Ex says that the striker stands a chance of playing against Burnley after progressing in rehabilitation quicker than expected and way ahead of schedule.

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Antonio suffered a hamstring injury during the victory at Wolves last month and has been sidelined ever since, with concerns then emerging that he could miss the rest of the season ([The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/apr/09/michael-antonio-could-miss-rest-of-season-west-ham-david-moyes)). With the 31-year-old being their [only senior centre-forward](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/west-ham-united/kadernachposition/verein/379) and [one of their leading scorers](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/west-ham-united/leistungsdaten/verein/379), his swift return will naturally be welcomed.

Flocking to the update from Ex, many Irons supporters were understandably delighted that the striker has a chance to feature on Monday, with one Hammers fan calling it ‘great news’.

Check out some of their verdicts from social media below.

### West Ham fans erupt over Ex injury update

***“Wow”***

Credit: [@TalkinWestHam](https://twitter.com/TalkinWestHam/status/1388232843189489670)

***“Things you love to see”***

Credit: [@conwhufc03](https://twitter.com/conwhufc03/status/1388240522389737474)

***“Hope he makes it. Would be big to see him terrorise Mee & Tarkowski. Even for 30-40 mins”***

Credit: [@westhamhour](https://twitter.com/westhamhour/status/1388287081709985794)

***“Great news we need him”***

Credit: [@happy\_hammers](https://twitter.com/happy_hammers/status/1388435771976257537)

***“We really need him to turn up when he’s back”***

Credit: [@Kai\_WHU](https://twitter.com/Kai_WHU/status/1388255653387456521)

***“Literally reading this as blur song 2 comes on!!***

***Wooooo hooooo”***

Credit: [@daledwhu](https://twitter.com/daledwhu/status/1388436946788225024)

***“WHAT”***

Credit: [@whugabes](https://twitter.com/whugabes/status/1388441939524075524)

***In other news: West Ham have made contact to sign this ‘unplayable’ star, find out more [here.](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/west-ham-transfer-rumours/west-ham-united-hammers-make-contact-for-ivan-toney/)***