West Ham boss David Moyes is hoping key ahead Jarrod Bowen can be match to return for Thursday’s Europa League quarter-final second leg towards Bayer Leverkusen at London Stadium.
Bowen, 27, missed the 2-0 first-leg defeat and final week’s Premier League match with Fulham with a hip harm.
The England worldwide, who has 19 objectives in all competitions this season, returned to coaching on Wednesday.
“It was nice to see Jarrod on the market,” stated Moyes.
“I’d by no means threat a participant if I assumed they had been injured however you all the time need your finest gamers again in, your goalscorers as nicely, and Jarrod has been that this season.”
Moyes added that Bowen’s return would “give us and the gang an actual elevate” as his aspect look to come back from behind to succeed in a European semi-final for the second straight season.
The Hammers will, nonetheless, be with out suspended midfielder Lucas Paqueta.
Xabi Alonso’s Leverkusen workforce had been topped Bundesliga champions on Sunday and Moyes is hoping celebrations have taken their toll.
“To be the champions, you need to have fun, you need to get pleasure from it as a result of the moments go in a short time,” the West Ham supervisor stated.
“I hope they have been downing these large large glasses of beer they get in Germany!”
Alonso, nonetheless, stated his aspect have remained in “management”.
“For positive it was a second to get pleasure from it,” he stated. “On Sunday we knew we had a likelihood so we took one day, in case of successful, to get pleasure from it.
“However from Tuesday our thoughts has been targeted on West Ham. Now it is the Europa League and we have a nice likelihood to make a nice season even higher.”