The Hammers travel to the Etihad to take on Manchester City on Sunday.
West Ham manager Slaven Bilic before the game
Speaking at his pre-match press conference, West Ham United manager Slaven Bilic has provided an injury update on four key stars ahead of the clash with Manchester City.
The Hammers travel to the Etihad on Sunday in what is likely to be a tough game against Pep Guardiola’s in form side.
They head to Manchester without a raft of first team stars as injuries have plagued their squad at the beginning of this season.
And Bilic says they now have another name to add to the list as midfielder Havard Nordtveit picked up an injury in the defeat to Astra Giurgiu on Thursday.
West Ham United’s Havard Nordtveit in action with FC Astra Giurgiu’s Alexandru Ionita
“Nordtveit got a kick on his foot again last night after he got a kick against Chelsea. He’s very likely to be out on Sunday,” he told his pre-match press conference.
The Croatian had better news when it came to three other midfielders though as he confirmed Mark Noble, Dimitri Payet and Manuel Lanzini could all return.
Payet and Lanzini have been sorely missed at the beginning of the campaign, with the side missing the creative spark that they offer.
West Ham’s Manuel Lanzini celebrates scoring their first goal with Dimitri Payet
Noble has been fit but missed out the midweek game with Astra after picking up a slight injury in the win over Bournemouth last weekend.
He is likely to return, although Bilic insists that will not be the case if there is even the slightest risk.
“Mark Noble should be all right. We are training this morning,” he added.
“With Payet and Lanzini we’ll also know tomorrow. Only if there is no risk will we put them on the pitch. Maybe we will use one of them on Sunday.”
West Ham’s Mark Noble scores their first goal with a penalty
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