​In his pre-match interview for West Ham's game against Stoke on Saturday, at the Boleyn Ground, Hammers boss Slaven Bilic released updates on both Payet and Lanzini's injuries.





Since joining the club in the summer for £10.5m from French side, Marseille, Dimitri Payet has had fantastic first few months with the London club, netting 5 goals as well as picking up 3 assists in his first 12 Premier League games.





However, after the ankle injury that he picked up in the Everton game, from a James McCartney challenge, Hammers fans feared the worst after rumours circulated that he could face 3 months on the sidelines. Despite the initial concern, new updates have revealed that Payet could return to training well before this 3 month period, with Bilic stating that he "expects" him to return within "2-3 weeks".





After Payet's injury, the West Ham faithful turned to Manuel 'The Jewel' Lanzini to fill his spot. However, many were left shocked as he was left out of last weekend's squad for the Manchester United game, due to an injury he had picked up in training.





There have been rumours that Lanzini could return for this week's clash against Stoke (mainly due to David Gold's tweet claiming that this was his return date). However, it is now believed that Lanzini will return for West Ham's fixture against Swansea on the 20th of December, according to announcements from West Ham's medical team.





This will no doubt come as great news to West Ham fans who have recently seen their squad become depleted due to various injuries across the team. Alongside Payet and Lanzini, prolific striker Diafra Sakho, winger Victor Moses and central defender Winston Reid are all out on the sidelines, with Sakho, Moses and Reid all out until at least the new year.

VIDEO: @EnnerValencia14 is back in training and hopes to make a first-team return in the near future. #WHUFC #COYI pic.twitter.com/lCXKZSvzdL — West Ham United FC (@whufc_official) December 11, 2015





It will come as a compensation to the Hammers that forward, Enner Valencia, will be included in the squad for tomorrow's game against Stoke City at the Boleyn Ground. The Ecuadorian returned for just one game (Everton at home), after recovering from an injury picked up in pre-season, before being stretchered off and sidelined for a further few weeks.





​​Hammers fans have been left questioning why this high number of injuries have accumulated in such a short space of time. According to Croatian boss, Bilic, it is West Ham's training ground Chadwell Heath that is to blame. The Hammer's newly appointed manager stated that the playing surface is "too hard underneath, and too soft on top", and as a result various players have picked up injuries in training.



