West Ham provides injury update on Andriy Yarmolenko

Andriy Yarmolenko will not make a return this season, West Ham manager Manuel Pellegrini has said. 

The £18million summer signing from Borussia Dortmund underwent surgery on a torn Achilles suffered against Tottenham back in October. 

It sounds like Andriy Yarmolenko and Winston Reid won't feature in the remainder of the season as Pellegrini wants to protect them ahead of 19/20 campaign. https://t.co/GSZwPlIrBQ

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There was hope the Ukraine international, 29-year-old would make a return before the end of the season but  Pellegrini has decided not to risk Yarmolenko during the run-in, instead giving him a full pre-season to get up to speed for next term.

“Yarmolenko is working very well, he has no pain, he is running and kicking the ball, but maybe it will be too soon for him to play before we finish,” Pellegrini told Sky Sports. 

“The Achilles tendon is one of the worst injuries you can have because you cannot go faster, you must exercise the ligament and then wait.

“To play this season I don’t think would be good for him. It would be better to do a very good pre-season.

“If you return after a long injury you get muscle injuries. He must be calm and wait for next season working hard, and we will see the player that we brought because he is a very good player.”