West Ham United have struggled badly with injury so far this season.
West Ham are set to take on Burnley at Turf Moor on Saturday, and the two week break from competitive action has done BIlic’s side good.
The Hammers now have all of their key players available to them, after suffering with a series of injuries over the season so far.
And Bilic has confirmed that the only fitness concern for West Ham at the moment is Collins.
“Things have improved since the last game, most of them will be available,” Bilic said. “James Collins is definitely out with his ankle.
“It’s good, finally, to be in the position where we have atatcking wise all our players fit. It’s impossible to put them all in but this is the first time, basically, we have a possibility to put out a team we were thinking about in pre-season. Our strongest team.”
It could still be a while until Collins makes it back into the first-team, but the news of Manuel Lanzini’s and Michail Antonio’s returns is a major boost.
West Ham have not shown their true attacking quality throughout the season to date, with their performances falling below par.
West Ham are currently in 16th place, and Bilic will be put under even more pressure, if the Hammers are unable to pick up the three points at Turf Moor this weekend.
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