Ankle op sidelines West Ham's Wilshere
West Ham United midfielder Jack Wilshere will be sidelined indefinitely after undergoing ankle surgery on Monday.
Wilshere started West Ham's first four Premier League games this season before sitting out Sunday's 3-1 win at Everton with a sprained ankle sustained in training.
The injury, however, was deemed serious enough for the surgery, which the club said went to plan.
"We envisage he will only need a relatively short period of rest and will then start rehabilitation," West Ham's medical director Richard Collinge said in a statement.
"Jack is focused and determined to get back training and playing as soon as possible."
Wilshere, 26, joined West Ham during the summer after his contract at Arsenal expired.
Meanwhile, Hammers striker Lucas Perez has denied claims he refused to warm up and come on as a substitute during the victory at Goodison Park.
The Spaniard was on the bench and appeared set to replace the injured Marko Arnautovic in the second half but manager Manuel Pellegrini brought on midfielder Michail Antonio instead.
Perez was then seen in conversation with West Ham's goalkeeping coach Xavi Valero on the bench and some sections of the British media reported that he had refused to play.
"Given the false information spread by the media that has affected my image, I am obliged to explain the only truth: I have never ever refused to warm up in my whole career, let alone play a match," Perez wrote on Twitter on Monday.
"In the moment that Marko got injured, I was on the bench after warming up. The coach called me to go out to play, however having realised that it was faster to substitute Antonio in, who at that moment was warming up, he changed his decision.
"The images that have been misinterpreted correspond to a talk with the goalkeeper's coach, in which I never refused to warm up and explained what happened."
Pellegrini said after the match that he had no problem with Perez and that "Antonio was already ready so played as I needed to make the change."
