Nuno Dealt With Massive Pablow

Nuno Espirito Santo held fellow Portuguese international, Pablo, in very high regard in January and in fact, he admired the forward so much that he convinced the club to sign the striker within two days of the window opening, certainly record-breaking for the Hammers.

Pablo might not have had the biggest goal-scoring impact, but it became pretty obvious quite quickly that he was providing more than people initially thought and he was also one of the hardest working player on the pitch alongside Argentine Taty. Pablo worked so hard before his injury that, against Chelsea, Mr Paco Jemez told Pablo to stop working so hard as he didn’t want the forward to exert all of his energy too quickly.

Against Burnley, many Hammers fans suspected that Pablo had accumulated an injury and unfortunately, they’d be correct. Pablo has been diagnosed with a muscle injury, which is why Nuno has been unable to provide an update or a timescale for return. That isn’t to say that the club might perhaps be hiding a wider timescale, but in terms of specifically knowing, it is almost impossible with muscle injuries and is something that needs to be nursed accordingly.

This obviously will hinder the Hammers, given that Nuno’s side has now lost a vital player to the tactic that we had formulated, but that’s not to say he couldn’t return towards the backend of the season. Though what is certain, Pablo will be out for a handful of weeks at the bare minimum, what follows is up to him and the club. - LN