West Ham United are set to take on Tottenham Hotspur at the London Stadium later this evening.
Slaven Bilic has told Football.London that Ashley Fletcher could finally be handed another chance to start for West Ham United against Tottenham Hotspur later this evening.
West Ham’s attacking options look short heading into the game, which means Fletcher could be recalled.
The young forward actually played fairly regularly for the Hammers in the first half of the season, but seems to have slipped down the pecking order more recently.
Andy Carroll and Jonathan Calleri have both been used ahead of Fletcher in recent times.
However, the 21-year-old may be given the nod to start against Spurs this evening.
“I like him as a player, he is young with a bright future, works hard, very polite as well, good in training,” Bilic said.
“He played a lot more first part of the season because we had limited options. The second part, some of the players came back and it was always someone else available.
“But he is under consideration for tomorrow. We will see.”
Fletcher’s last start for West Ham in the Premier League came way back in December against Arsenal.
In total, the youngster has played 13 top flight matches for the Hammers, but he is yet to hit the back of the net.
If West Ham are able to end Tottenham’s strong run of form this evening, and pick up a victory, they will move up to ninth in the Premier League standings.
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