{"id":473734,"date":"2026-02-11T22:16:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T22:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/473734\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T22:16:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T22:16:11","slug":"nuno-confirms-concerning-pablo-felipe-injury-latest-after-west-ham-draw-with-man-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/473734\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuno confirms concerning Pablo Felipe injury latest after West Ham draw with Man United"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Prior to West Ham United\u2019s game against Manchester United on Tuesday night, Nuno Espirito Santo delivered some worrying injury news. <\/p>\n<p>The Hammers certainly do not have a squad deep enough to lose players during a relegation scrap, so it was concerning when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hammers.news\/news\/nuno-now-confirms-hidden-west-ham-injury-blows-ahead-of-manchester-united\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nuno confirmed that West Ham had suffered new injuries<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p> Let\u2019s hear it then \u2013 what have you made of Adama Traore so far? \ud83e\udd14 <\/p>\n<p>Not much game time but have you seen anything that\u2019s impressed you?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/HN-55-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A graphic asking West Ham fans to grade Adama Traore's performance so far.\" class=\"wp-image-300093\" \/>Credit: Getty Images\/Rob Newell \u2013 CameraSport       <\/p>\n<p>It led to some speculation on exactly who would miss <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hammers.news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">West Ham<\/a>\u2019s game with the Red Devils, with many fearing some key players would be ruled out. <\/p>\n<p>That didn\u2019t prove to be the case in the end as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hammers.news\/match-report\/west-ham-player-ratings-vs-man-united-infuriating-nuno-obsession-costs-crucial-win\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">West Ham drew 1-1 with Manchester United<\/a> on Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p>The bulk of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hammers.news\/tag\/nuno-espirito-santo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nuno<\/a>\u2019s squad played the game, other than the suspended Jean-Clair\u00a0Todibo.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, one notable absence was Pablo Felipe, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hammers.news\/club\/manager\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">West Ham head coach<\/a> issued a concerning update about him after the game. <\/p>\n<p>Pablo Felipe injury at West Ham United confirmed  <\/p>\n<p>Nuno was asked about the forward during his post-match press conference on Tuesday night. <\/p>\n<p>Though the former Gil Vicente star\u00a0hasn\u2019t\u00a0scored for the Irons yet, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hammers.news\/news\/pablo-felipe-has-already-split-west-ham-fans-after-nuno-espirito-santos-gamble\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pablo has impressed West Ham fans at times<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> On a scale of 1-10, how confident are you that West Ham will stay up this season? \ud83e\udd14 <\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/HN-54-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A graphic showing Nuno Espirito Santo's quote after West Ham draw with Manchester United\" class=\"wp-image-300072\" \/>Credit: Getty Images\/Justin Setterfield       <\/p>\n<p>Along with Taty Castellanos, he has brought an energy to the West Ham frontline that had previously been profoundly lacking.  <\/p>\n<p>With that in mind, missing him in the battles to come is most unwelcome.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, he\u2019s the injury that we have,\u201d he said when asked about the forward. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, he\u2019s going to be out. That\u2019s a blow for us.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Who could replace Pablo Felipe for West Ham United?<\/p>\n<p>Nuno changed the formation against Man United, with an extra central midfielder in the shape of Freddie Potts brought in to cover for Pablo\u2019s absence. <\/p>\n<p>That does seem the most likely outcome going forward, too. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"699\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2257747610-1024x699.jpg\" alt=\"Pablo Felipe playing for West Ham against Tottenham.\" class=\"wp-image-296926\" \/>Photo by Izzy Poles \u2013 AMA\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Taty could feasibly operate in the deeper role behind Callum Wilson, but there would surely be doubts about whether the former Newcastle United forward can really start games on a consistent basis.  <\/p>\n<p>West Ham may not be losing any goals with Pablo\u00a0missing but the injury blow could really change how the team operates going forward.<\/p>\n<p>In the midst of a relegation scrap, this is very bad news indeed.<\/p>\n<p>Join Our Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Receive a digest of our best West Ham content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prior to West Ham United\u2019s game against Manchester United on Tuesday night, Nuno Espirito Santo delivered some worrying&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":473735,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,2638,234182,85],"class_list":["post-473734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-nuno-espirito-santo","tag-pablo-felipe","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=473734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/473735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=473734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=473734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=473734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}