Nayef Aguerd is a doubt for the first leg of West Ham’s Europa League last-16 tie against Freiburg on Thursday night.
David Moyes has close to a fully fit squad available for the clash in Germany, with Maxwel Cornet the only player not to travel because of a hamstring problem.
However, in his pre-match press conference on Wednesday evening, Moyes revealed there is also a “question mark” over Aguerd’s fitness, though he did not specify the nature of the problem.
Aguerd had been a regular for the Hammers in the first half of the season and started four of their six Europa League group games.
However, the Moroccan was dropped from the Premier League side last month after a run of poor form and the Hammers have since put a winless start to 2024 behind them with back-to-back victories over Brentford and Everton.
Even so, Moyes may have been keen to use the Moroccan in Germany, particularly with concerns over Kurt Zouma’s workload.
Elsewhere, Lukasz Fabianski will likely reprise his role as the cup goalkeeper of choice, while Kalvin Phillips could start should Moyes shuffle his pack in midfield.
West Ham predicted XI: Fabianski; Coufal, Mavropanos, Zouma, Emerson; Phillips, Alvarez, Soucek; Kudus, Bowen, Paqueta
Doubts: Aguerd
Injured: Cornet
Time and date: 8pm GMT on Thursday, March 7, 2024
TV channel: TNT Sports
