West Ham United may have just 17 senior players available for their Premier League clash against Nottingham Forest on Sunday.
While David Moyes has acquired five new players and spent around £100million on new signings this summer, a combination of already having a small Hammers squad, injuries, and player exits could lead to Moyes relying on academy players to fill his bench, as they did during the 2-0 defeat to Manchester City in their opening game of the campaign.
In that match, Kurt Zouma was the club’s only recognised centre-back in the squad, despite there being five at the club at the time. Angelo Ogbonna (knee), Craig Dawson (thigh), and Nayef Aguerd (ankle) all missed out through injury, while Issa Diop refused to play, having completed a £17million switch to Fulham on Wednesday evening.
