Manuel Pellegrini has revealed that Winston Reid is available for selection after over 20 months on the sidelines with a serious knee injury.
The 31-year-old hasn’t featured for the West Ham United first team since March 2018, back when he was first-choice alongside Angelo Ogbonna.
Since then, Pellegrini has signed Fabian Balbuena, Issa Diop and Goncalo Cardoso, pushing Reid down the pecking order.
Speaking to the official club website, the Hammers boss confirmed Reid is back to full fitness when providing an update on his injured players:
[Fabianski] is training, not with the squad, but he’s training. Winston Reid played already 90 minutes so he is fit. Manuel Lanzini is running but he cannot have [physical] contact for around two or three weeks more, and all the other players are okay.
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If anything, Reid is more likely to be offloaded in January than re-establish his position in the squad.
Injuries have tarnished his career as of late and it’d be the correct decision for the club to take him off the payroll when he simply can’t be relied upon anymore.
You’d argue he’s fourth-choice at the moment, behind Ogbonna, Diop and Balbuena.
Don’t get me wrong, he’s been a great servant to the club but seeing him depart would be the right move for all parties involved.
