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Confirmation that Aaron Cresswell's injury is far greater than we had initially thought (hence the removal of our previous article), is the sort of news that all West Ham fans feared but thought would never happen, Cresswell has been such an ever present in the starting line up that it seems almost inconceivable to see West Ham without him.

Lazy journalism is alive and well particularly in the form of the Sunday red tops, So the rumour that West Ham have put an £18 Million price tag on his head has surfaced and resurfaced more times than a motorway! Both of the Manchester clubs have supposedly been camped outside Oxford's parental home offering a king's ransom in wages and prepared to pay virtually any fee to prise the player away! What a load of twaddle, yes there is interest in Reece Oxford and why shouldn't there be?

An impressive and dominant West Ham United 3-0 victory against Karlsruher with goals from Carroll, Feghouli and Fletcher was however tarnished by a horrific tackle on Aaron Cresswell that initially looked like it had broken his leg! Thankfully Cresswell was able to leave the field unaided, but he was moving extremely gingerly and his chances of playing on thursday in the Europa Cup look to be extremely doubtful.