West Ham United right-back Vladimir Coufal has said that manager David Moyes has told him that it was a mistake dropping him out of the team.
Having been a mainstay at right-back for much of his career at West Ham since arriving from Slavia Prague in October 2020, Coufal found himself facing a spell out of the starting 11 in the final six weeks before the 2022 World Cup break, starting just once due to an injury crisis in defence at Southampton and playing only two further minutes against Bournemouth, coming on to win a penalty for the Hammers in a 2-0 victory.
However, since the reason restarted on Boxing Day, Coufal had started all nine league matches prior to suffering a heel injury that has seen him miss the Hammers’ last five games.
