West Ham United have suffered a major injury blow with Declan Rice set to miss five weeks.
Rice has been wearing a brace on a knee injury suffered on England duty and the Hammers have already ruled him out of the next two matches, including tonight's trip to Wolves.
But The Sun says the 22-year-old only expects to miss the next four to five weeks and is already working in the gym maintaining his fitness levels.
The plan is to assess the injury again in a fortnight, when if all has healed as expected it will allow him to step up his comeback.
His injury is a nightmare for Hammers boss David Moyes, who has now lost his most influential player with a Champions League place up for grabs.
Rice is undergoing treatment with club medics and is positive he will be back for the final three matches of the season.
That would give him more than enough time to prove his fitness to be named in Gareth Southgate's squad for the European Championship this summer.
