West Ham United manager David Moyes has confirmed that Ivorian winger Maxwel Cornet will be in the squad for the first time in over five months for Thursday night’s Europa Conference League round of 16 first leg tie against AEK Larnaca.
The £17.5million signing from Burnley in August has not played a senior match since suffering a hamstring injury on his full Premier League debut for the club on October 1 against Wolverhampton Wanderers, but did make his return to competitive action last Friday, playing 45 minutes in the under-21s Premier League 2 defeat to Manchester City.
However, while Cornet is in the travelling party, Moyes has said that it is unlikely he will feature, instead expecting him to come back into full contention after this month’s international break.
