Captain fantastic: Nolan set to play through pain barrier to start at Stamford Bridge

West Ham captain Kevin Nolan will have a pain-killing injection in his broken toe suffered against Tottenham last month in order to play against Chelsea this Sunday, the Sun are reporting this morning. An original assessment of the injury stated that Nolan could be out for as long as 8 weeks, but the Irons skipper is determined to be back to action as soon as possible, and as we reported to you on February 28, would apparently be willing to take painkilling injections in order to see him through the final 10 games, before having surgery on the injury in the summer; with a West Ham source revealing today that "the sick list looks pretty grim at the moment- but Kevin is determined to be there on Sunday."

This would be great news if true; but we don't want to rush Nolan back. The lads played very well against Stoke the other week and are clearly capable of managing without him, so maybe better to err on the side of caution. We'll keep you bang up to date with any further developments on this one so keep watching Blowing Bubbles!

By Alex Shilling, News Editor

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