West Ham midfielder Kieron Dyer, a recent £7 million acquisition from Newcastle United, succumbed to a double fracture to his right leg yesterday. Dyer, who is as well known for his injury flecked career than he is for actually playing the game, will be stunned by this setback, mere weeks after moving to West Ham. It goes without saying that this will also be a huge setback for West Ham who have nearly as bad a track record with injuries as Dyer does.
Manager Alan Curbishley didn’t bother to hide his obvious distress after the Hammers 2-1 Carling Cup win over Bristol Rovers, Curbishley sniffled:

“The whole game was immaterial after this. I’m devastated for Kieron.”

Presumably Curbs is frustrated in equal part with the fact Dyer earns about £80,000 a week and that he cost his club £7 million . But maybe the Hammers could have seen this coming, as the dual debut injuries to last seasons new signings Upson and Neill show, these things come in pairs for West Ham. Already dealt the cruel blow by the injury to new (and equally expensive) signing Julien Flaubert, West Ham will have to deal without Dyer too. Alan Curbishley must wonder what he has got himself into, look to the sky and cursing the Gods for the Dyer injury, or splashing the cash for the umpteenth time are his only two options . Injury prone West Ham signing injury prone Kieron Dyer, that’s a marriage made in hell, and set for a long session on the treatment table. Curbishley can at least take solace that none of his signings have gone the way of the pugnacious and unstable loon, Marco Boogers, who was sent off on his debut for West Ham, and subsequently tumbled into obscurity.