West Ham United have sent Carlton Cole to see a specialist in order to discover how long he will be out with knee ligament damage. The club is hopeful that the injury is not as serious as was first feared and is likely to mean five or six weeks on the sidelines rather than four months.
Cole suffered the problem during the first half of Saturday's 5-3 home win over Burnley. He played on and scored a 43rd- minute penalty, his seventh goal of an encouraging season, but he was unable to reappear for the second half. He has undergone scans but the club needs the specialist's opinion before they will be able to confirm how long Cole is to be out.
West Ham play Manchester United at Upton Park on Saturday, and they will also be without Matthew Upson, who has not yet recovered from hamstring trouble, and Valon Behrami, who has had keyhole surgery to his knee cartilage and will be unavailable for three weeks.
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