West Ham United travel to Wales to take on Cardiff City on Saturday.
West Ham boss Manuel Pellegrini spoke to reporters during his pre-match press conference today, and suggested that both Aaron Cresswell and Fabian Balbuena are available for selection for Saturday’s clash with Cardiff City, as quoted by Football.London.
The Hammers currently sit in ninth spot in the Premier League table, and they have had to deal with a whole host of injuries this season, so they deserve credit credit for actually hanging around in the race for the Europa League spots.
Cresswell and Balbuena are two players who have missed a lot of action through injuries this season, with the Englishman having only played 16 Premier League games and the Paraguayan missing every game since December 22nd.
The left-back did return to action for West Ham against Newcastle last week, but he was taken off during the first-half as a precaution, and Pellegrini told reporters how both he and Balbuena are back and available for selection against Cardiff, as quoted by Football.London:
“Aaron Cresswell worked with the team the last two days so he will not have any problems. Fabian Balbuena played on Monday for the U23 team, 45 minuets without problem so both of them are fit. I think that both of them are available for selection.”
West Ham will be desperate for a win at Cardiff, as they look to keep the pressure up on those above them in the table, and having Cresswell and Balbuena back and available for selection will be a massive boost to their hopes of doing just that.
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