Leeds United face their Premier League relegation rivals in the FA Cup quarter-final today.
West Ham have suffered a couple of fresh injury blows ahead of their FA Cup quarter-final meeting with Leeds United.
Hammers boss Nuno Espirito Santo kept his cards close to his chest when quizzed on potential absences earlier this week, with ex-Leeds winger Crysencio Summerville among those doubtful. The Dutchman hasn’t featured since the fifth round of the FA Cup due to a calf problem.
“Trying, all of us trying to get him [Summerville] as soon as possible, assessing day by day, see how he improves,” Espirito Santo said on Friday. “First we have to assess, if it’s good, if he feels good, we are not in that point yet so still one day to go and then we take decisions.”
West Ham’s starting-XI for the FA Cup quarter-final was confirmed on Sunday afternoon and with it came news of Summerville’s continued absence. But to compound the issues for Espirito Santo, a number of other first-team players were missing.
Centre-back Jean-Clair Todibo picked up an injury in the warm-up ahead of West Ham’s recent defeat at Aston Villa and hasn’t featured since, with the Frenchman failing to make the squad. Konstantinos Mavropanos picked up a head injury while on international duty with Greece and also missed out.
Those two absences left Espirito Santo with little choice but to hand out-of-favour Max Kilman a first start since mid-February. Versatile defender Aaron Wan-Bissaka was another surprise absence, with Kyle Walker-Peters starting in his place at right-back.
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