Assuming that West Ham United do indeed recover some key players in time for their Premier League showdown against Wolves on Friday, it’s obvious what Nuno Espirito Santo should do.
Thankfully, several of West Ham’s key players have trained before they play against Wolves, with most of them having recently suffered knocks.
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They include the likes of Crysencio Summerville, Adama Traore, Jean-Clair Todibo, Axel Disasi and Mads Hermansen.
While things could change between now and then, this is the XI that Nuno should name for West Ham versus Wolves.
Adama Traore replaces Pablo Felipe
Sunday’s defeat to Leeds was both a good day for Adama Traore and a poor one for Pablo Felipe.
Indeed, Traore enjoyed his best game yet for West Ham, while Pablo produced his worst display while clad in claret and blue.
With that in mind, Nuno should drop Pablo in favour of Traore. If Jarrod Bowen was to play off Taty Castellanos in a more advanced role, the Spaniard could take the skipper’s place on the right.
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A graphic showing West Ham United's ideal XI against Wolves.
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That’s assuming that Summerville is fit to play off the left, which would give West Ham a very dangerous attacking line – at least on paper.
The rest of the team largely picks itself, although there is some argument that Kyle Walker-Peters may be a better bet than Aaron Wan-Bissaka at right-back based on current form.
West Ham have to go on the front foot here. Callum Wilson, if fit, is a fine option to bring off the bench, but those hoping he replaces Taty might want to remember that Wilson has rarely completed a full game at elite level this season.
Anything other than a victory is simply not good enough for the Irons at this stage of the campaign.
Barring any last-minute injuries, this is surely the best team possible.
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