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West Ham assistant coach McKinlay: We didn't want to take risks with Scamacca

West Ham assistant coach Billy McKinlay has played down Gianluca Scamacca's injury suffered at Fulham.

Scamacca was taken off during the friendly draw.

McKinlay told whufc.com: "It wasn't a time to take any risks with Gianluca.

"He rolled his ankle a little bit [so we took him off] and we'll see how it looks over the next couple of days, but hopefully it won't be too bad and we can get him back in as quick as we can.

"It's brilliant to see so many West Ham fans behind the goal too.

"Everywhere we go we get that backing, it's unconditional. They've been missing it and are ready to go.

"We'll need them, because we need to win some games so we're looking forward to them getting behind us."

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