David Moyes took a closer look at 17-year-old left back Regan Clayton on Wednesday morning as West Ham United stepped up their training efforts ahead of their upcoming UEFA Europa Conference League clash against RSC Anderlecht.
The Hammers travel to Belgium looking to keep their 100 per cent record in this season's European competition in tact but will have to do so without Maxwel Cornet.
The winger missed Wednesday morning's session after picking up a calf injury in Saturday's 2-0 win over Wolves.
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While the summer signing was out, teenager Clayton took park in the session as he looks to make his first-team debut.
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Clayton came off the bench with minutes remaining in Tuesday night's 2-0 loss to MK Dons in the Papa John's Trophy and was also an unused substitute in the Europa Conference League win against FCSB last month.
The 17-year-old left back signed professional terms back in June and told the club's website that 'It’s been good so far, but there’s still so much more to come. The hard work will definitely continue.'
Meanwhile, summer signing Nayef Aguerd was spotted continuing his recovery from ankle surgery after picking up the injury in pre-season. The centre-back has yet to be make his debut for the club, with Moyes confirming prior to the Wolves clash that Aguerd is 'nowhere near the level of training' needed to feature for the first-team.
“We’ve got Aguerd doing a little bit on the grass but nowhere near the level of training, but at least he’s sort of getting back outside a little bit more," said Moyes.
Ben Johnson was also spotted taking part in training, as he looks likely to return to the first-team set up after picking up an injury against Aston Villa in the Premier League last month and missing the last five fixtures in all competitions.
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