Injury expert: West Ham star Gianluca Scamacca is ‘struggling’ amid new development
Gianluca Scamacca’s latest knee injury could be a sign that he is “struggling to adapt” to the Premier League since his move to West Ham in the summer.
That is the view of medical expert Ben Dinnery, who runs the Premier Injuries site and has a background in injury and data analysis, speaking exclusively to Football Insider.
Scamacca missed West Ham’s 2-0 win over Everton last week after suffering a knee injury that left him needing three injections.
David Moyes revealed on Friday (27 January) that the Italian forward has had his second PRP injection and that “he’s doing okay with his third to go on Wednesday.”
The Hammers are back in action on Monday evening in their FA Cup tie against Derby County, where it looks likely that Scamacca will miss his seventh game of the season through injury.
Dinnery believes the new “movement patterns” and “methodologies” being taught by David Moyes in east London will have an effect on Scamacca.
“It can be a sign that he is struggling to adapt to the Premier League,” Dinnery told Football Insider.
“There is definitely some adaptation he needs to do since arriving in England but let’s not forget that football is a contact sport.
“Everyone picks up knocks and niggles and generally knee injuries are high up on the list in terms of incident rates.
“Players pick them up regardless of where they come from.
“It could be from changes in movement patterns and just learning new philosophies and methodologies under David Moyes, but it’s an injury that is highly regular in football.“
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