West Ham boss Zola defends injury-plagued Dyer

West Ham United boss Gianfranco Zola has defended injury-plagued midfielder Kieron Dyer.

Zola stood up for long-term injury casualty Dyer, whose four-hour round-trip to the training ground from Ipswich has been the subject of criticism.

Zola said: "There are players in other clubs who travel two hours to the training ground.

"Some players even fly to go to training. Dyer has been very unfortunate. He has been out a long time. He is trying very hard to come back."

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