West Ham winger Andriy Yarmolenko expected to be out for six months with ankle injury
Summer signing Yarmolenko is expected to have an operation this coming week
WEST HAM'S £22million summer signing Andriy Yarmolenko will be out for six months with an ankle injury, according to reports.
The 28-year-old winger, signed from Borussia Dortmund, went down holding his ankle during the defeat to Tottenham on Saturday.
According to the , the Ukrainian will undergo an operation over this coming week which will see him sidelined for the majority of the season.
The innocuous incident happened in the 40th minute of the game at the London Stadium.
Yarmolenko suffered the blow after a challenge in the box with Spurs defender Ben Davies.
There was a lengthy delay before play resumed and the Hammers suffered a second successive defeat.
West Ham boss Manuel Pellegrini said: "It was a pity because at this moment we have five injured players and four of them are midfielders so it's not easy."
Yarmolenko, who has 77 caps for Ukraine, was the fifth signing of Pellegrini's reign.
Defeat sees West Ham sit 15th in the Prem table after nine games and suffer their sixth loss of the season.
On Saturday, the Hammers travel to the King Power Stadium to take on Claude Puel's Leicester City.