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Callum Wilson is not successful nan West Ham squad coming aft playing nan afloat 90 minutes against Wolves connected Saturday. The 33-year-old striker could beryllium connected his measurement retired of nan nine conscionable 5 months aft joining. Jacob Steinberg has nan story:
It is unclear really quickly an statement will beryllium reached for Wilson to time off West Ham … There are indications nan erstwhile Newcastle striker’s departure whitethorn travel towards nan extremity of nan transportation window, but is unclear whether arsenic free supplier aliases if West Ham will effort to waste him.
Team news: Castellanos starts for West Ham
Taty Castellanos has gone consecutive into nan West Ham squad pursuing nan completion of his £25m move from Lazio yesterday. Another signing, Pablo Felipe, is connected nan chair again aft making his debut arsenic a substitute connected Saturday.
West Ham XI (4-3-3): Areola; Walker-Peters, Todibo, Mavropanos, Scarles; Fernandes, Soucek, Paquetá; Bowen, Castellanos, Summerville.
Subs: Hermansen, Kilman, Pablo, Rodríguez, Magassa, Potts, Earthy, Kanté, Mayers.
Matz Sels replaces John Victor successful extremity for Nottingham Forest aft nan Brazilian was injured astatine nan weekend. Callum Hudson-Odoi is fresh to commencement aft an achilles injury.
Nottingham Forest XI (4-2-3-1): Sels; Williams, Milenkovic, Murillo, Aina; Domínguez, Anderson; Hutchinson, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi; Igor Jesus.
Sub: Gunn, Morato, Awoniyi, Douglas Luiz, Kalimuendo, McAtee, Bakwa, Savona, Abbott.
Preamble
After an agonising hiatus of 48 hours, nan Premier League is back. That’s correct – we footwear disconnected Matchweek 21 coming pinch what is, moreover astatine this shape of nan season, a relegation six-pointer betwixt West Ham and Nottingham Forest astatine nan London Stadium.
It’s been a miserable play truthful acold for West Ham and it sewage a full batch worse connected Saturday pinch that 3-0 conclusion astatine Wolves. Nuno Espírito Santo is nether monolithic unit arsenic he faces different 1 of his erstwhile teams coming successful Forest, who he guided into Europe past season.
Sean Dyche is nan man successful complaint astatine Forest now and nan caller head bounce that came aft replacing Ange Postecoglou has subsided a bit. They person mislaid their past 4 and are 4 points supra West Ham and nan relegation zone.
It mightiness not beryllium a classical but it’s judge to beryllium a important nighttime successful nan conflict for survival. Email in pinch your thoughts.
Kick-off is astatine 8pm (GMT). Team news is coming shortly.
