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Sam Inkersole

Fredericks, Yarmolenko - latest West Ham injury news and possible return dates ahead of Wolves

West Ham's squad is looking the healthiest it has been for some time ahead of Sunday's Premier League encounter with Wolves at London Stadium.

Tomas Soucek returned to action off the bench during the second half of the 1-0 defeat to Arsenal last weekend, a whole two weeks ahead of schedule having injured his hip flexor in the first half of the defeat to Liverpool.

Andriy Yarmolenko is also closing in on a comeback having been out since December with a thigh injury. The Ukrainian played 90 minutes for the Hammers under-23s in midweek as they beat Derby County on penalties in the Premier League International Cup quarter finals and could be in contention for a squad spot on Sunday.

That leaves just two injury victims for the medical staff at the club to be keeping an eye on between now and the end of the season. Ryan Fredericks is not due to be back in action until mid-April after damaging shoulder ligaments in the loss to Man City last month and Jack Wilshere is still on the sidelines as well.

He is involved in light training with the club's under-23s having undergone a hernia operation earlier this year but there is no timescale on his return, if he even makes one this season, with manager David Moyes admitting the midfielder is running out of time to get some practice matches under his belt.

The Hammers players seemingly came through their defeat to Arsenal last time out with no new injury concers. Moyes will update with the latest injury news at his pre-match press conference on Friday at Rush Green.

Below is the latest news from the treatment room in east London and some potential return dates for those injured players.

Ryan Fredericks

Ryan Fredericks suffered an injury against Man City (ANTHONY DEVLIN/AFP via Getty Images)

Type of injury: Shoulder ligament

Date of injury: February 19

Potential return date: April 20 vs Spurs

Comments (February 26): "Ryan’s surgery went exactly as planned and he will begin his rehabilitation and recovery immediately, with the plan being for him to be available again in early to mid-April."

Andriy Yarmolenko

Type of injury: Thigh

Date of injury: Week of December 16

Potential return date: March 15 vs Wolves

Comments (February 28): "Yarmolenko is back training so we are very close to getting everybody back match fit."

Jack Wilshere

Jack Wilshere with his man of the match award against Newport (Catherine Ivill/Getty Images)

Type of injury: Hernia operation

Date of injury: October 2019

Potential return date: Unknown

Comments: "He's training and doing a lot with the under-23s. Getting a bit closer, involved in a lot of football work."

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