Bilic Previews West Ham's Home Return

Monday night will see the eagerly anticipated return home for West Ham United as they take on Huddersfield Town at London Stadium. The Hammers will have a point to prove in front of their home crowd, will likely see the home debuts of summer arrivals Joe Hart, Pablo Zabaleta & Javier Hernandez and Slaven Bilic has already handed fans a boost with the news that Andy Carroll should be fit to face the Terriers. 

“Carroll is OK,” Bilic told reporters at his pre-match press conference. “He’s been training for almost four weeks with us and he looks good.

"He will be in the squad definitely. We are playing Monday, but he’s back in the squad and will be for the game.

“Manu has a similar injury as the one he had before [in pre-season] but not the same level.

"He’s not ready for the game and he won’t be ready for a couple of weeks, maybe three weeks, but it’s between two and three.

“Winston Reid is back, so apart from Manu and (Edimilson) Fernandes, who did his ankle when he was away with the Swiss national team, all the others are back.”

Joe Hart kept clean-sheets during his recent international appearances, and Huddersfield Town will be without Martin Cranie, Jonathan Hogg and Jon Gorenc Stankovic. With the visitors yet to concede in the premier league so far, it looks set to be an absorbing contest under the floodlights.

 

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