West Ham boss Alan Curbishley admits he has major concerns over Bobby Zamora's nagging knee injury.

Curbishley said: "We started the season with Zamora and Bellamy and on Sunday it was Ashton and Carlton Cole. It's just the way things go. Since the Bristol Rovers game Bobby's knee keeps swelling up. It's not the same problem he was struggling with last season but we have tried one or two things and it hasn't quite happened so we will have to re-assess that now.

"He has been out for three weeks and he is still not training. If Craig doesn't make it we have only two recognised senior strikers. We could bring in youngsters if we wanted but I can also play Freddie Ljungberg or Luis Boa Morte up there. We can cope."