West Ham forward out till 2016 with hamstring injury

Nigeria international and West Ham forward Victor Moses has been ruled out till 2016 with a hamstring injury.

Moses sustained the hamstring injury in last weekend's goalless draw with Manchester United at Old Trafford.

Ahead of their Premier League home game with Stoke City, West Ham manager Slaven Bilic says the forward will out out for six years.

"Victor is out for four to six weeks. It's a blow, we have had six injuries since the game. Before that we had a full squad, then Payet and Valencia were injured against Everton and now we have four muscle injuries," Bilic told reporters.

Defender Winston Reid who was injured in training on Wednesday and could be set for a long spell out, with the results of a scan expected on Friday.

"We are now missing six very important players, but we can't complain," Bilic said. "We need to get over it and do well with the players we do have."

The Hammers are already without summer signing Dimitri Payet and Diafra Sakho until February.

Manuel Lanzini is also out for six weeks with a thigh problem suffered in training.

Enner Valencia has been out for five weeks with an ankle injury but could return against Stoke City.

Watch this video of Victor Moses, below: