West Ham have registered their squad for their Europa League play-off round fixtures against Astra Giurgiu.
The Hammers successfully navigated the third qualifying round earlier this month with a 4-2 aggregate victory over Slovenian side NK Domzale.
Romanian outfit Astra Giurgiu meanwhile drop down into the Europa League play-offs after losing their Champions League third qualifying round tie with Danish side FC Copenhagen 4-1 on aggregate, setting up a tie with the Hammers.
Slaven Bilic and Co. will be out for revenge against Astra Giurgiu on Thursday night, the same team that knocked the Hammers out of the Europa League qualifiers last season 4-3 on aggregate.
West Ham will field a much strong side one year on from their 2-1 away defeat in Romania last season. Here’s the team that started last season against the same opposition:
Randolph; Knoyle, Jenkinson, Henry, Page; Poyet, Nolan, Cullen; Maiga, Lee, Lanzini.
As for the squad registered to play Astra Giurgiu, latest signing Jonathan Calleri has now completed his move to West Ham and received international clearance to play, he goes straight into the squad for Thursday’s game.
Club-record signing Andre Ayew is also included, but the Ghanaian is not expected to feature after suffering a thigh injury in Monday’s Premier League curtain-raiser against Chelsea.
Dimitri Payet, now having returned from his post-Euro 2016 break, is also back in the fold to play on Thursday night.
Defenders Lewis Page and Josh Pask, and midfielder Josh Cullen have both been removed from the squad having completed loan moves to Gillingham and Bradford respectively, while Aaron Cresswell and Diafra Sakho have both also been excluded as neither are fit to play.
Arthur Masuaku is ineligible to play having featured for Olympiakos in their Champions League third qualifying round defeat to Hapoel Beer Sheva earlier this month.
Here is West Ham’s registered squad in full:
Goalkeepers:
1) Darren Randolph
13) Adrian
34) Raphael Spiegel
46) Sam Howes*
Defenders:
2) Winston Reid
8) Cheikhou Kouyate
19) James Collins
21) Angelo Ogbonna
22) Sam Byram
32) Reece Burke*
35) Reece Oxford*
51) Mason Barrett*
56) Korrey Henry*
63) Vashon Neufville*
64) Ben Wells*
66) Alex Pike*
70) Tunji Akinola*
Midfielders:
4) Havard Nordtveit
7) Sofiane Feghouli
11) Enner Valencia
14) Pedro Obiang
16) Mark Noble
17) Gökhan Töre
27) Dimitri Payet
41) Declan Rice*
52) Marcus Browne*
53) Matt Carter*
54) Conor Coventry*
55) Grady Diangana*
58) Noha Sylvestre*
60) Moses Makasi*
61) Malyk Hamilton*
69) Anthony Scully*
71) Alfie Lewis*
Forwards:
9) Andy Carroll
20) Andre Ayew
24) Ashley Fletcher
28) Jonathan Calleri
30) Michail Antonio
36) Domingos Quina
40) Djair Parfitt-Williams*
42) Martin Samuelsen
57) Jahmal Hector-Ingram*
62) Benjamin Johnson*
67) Joe Powell*
72) Rosaire Mbule*
* Player B List (Players under the age of 21 that have completed at least two years at the club – do not need to be registered in the A List)
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