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title: "West Ham News Today: Team news vs Crystal Palace, Fullkrug transfer update, predicted XI, Wan-Bissaka on team positivity, should Soucek stay?, predicting the final six games"
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author: "Matt Bottomley"
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published: "2026-04-19T13:00:00Z"
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# West Ham News Today: Team news vs Crystal Palace, Fullkrug transfer update, predicted XI, Wan-Bissaka on team positivity, should Soucek stay?, predicting the final six games

West Ham United are preparing to face Crystal Palace on Monday night, in another huge game for their Premier League survival efforts. Nuno Espirito Santo’s team are ready to go and with that in mind, here’s all your Hammers news, from transfer updates to injury changes in one place, here at [ReadWestHam](https://readwestham.com/).

## Team news for Crystal Palace

Nuno will have a clean slate to work with as he takes the Hammers to Selhurst Park.

The Irons could name an unchanged side for the huge game.

[Read More: **Crystal Palace vs West Ham team news – clean slate for Nuno Espirito Santo**](https://readwestham.com/2026/04/19/crystal-palace-vs-west-ham-team-news-premier-league/)

## Niclas Fullkrug transfer update

Niclas Fullkrug is currently on-loan with AC Milan, but the spell is not going to plan with only one goal scored for the striker.

Now, a Bundesliga side has offered him a lifeline, but it is conditional on their own relegation fight.

[Read More: **Bundesliga side offer lifeline to West Ham outcast**](https://readwestham.com/2026/04/19/west-ham-wolfsburg-interested-ac-milan-niclas-fullkrug/)

## Crystal Palace vs West Ham predicted XI

As Nuno’s men head to Selhurst Park, here’s who we think will start the game against Crystal Palace on Monday night.

[Read More: **Castellanos and Pablo lead the line – Crystal Palace vs West Ham predicted XI**](https://readwestham.com/2026/04/19/crystal-palace-vs-west-ham-predicted-xi/)

## Aaron Wan-Bissaka on team positivity

Aaron Wan-Bissaka has echoed Valentin Castellanos’s comments on the team’s positive attitude, saying the side are in a good place.

The full-back could return to the starting XI on Monday night.

[Read More: **“The boys are feeling good”: West Ham defender echoes messages of positivity in the camp**](https://readwestham.com/2026/04/19/west-ham-aaron-wan-bissaka-positivity-in-group/)

## Should the Hammers keep Tomas Soucek? Opinion

Tomas Soucek’s West Ham future is up in the air but the midfielder has come into his own over the last month or so.

Here’s why the Hammers should keep the 31-year-old.

[Read More: **Why West Ham must luck to keep hold of midfielder is they stay up: Opinion**](https://readwestham.com/2026/04/19/west-ham-tomas-soucek-contract-renewal-opinion/)

## Predicting the final six games

With the Irons taking on Crystal Palace on Monday, it got us thinking about how the team would fare in their last six games of the season.

With that in mind, here’s a prediction of every game that remains this year for the Hammers.

[Read More: **How many points do West Ham get? Predicting the final six matches**](https://readwestham.com/2026/04/19/west-ham-predicting-the-final-six-premier-league-fixtures/)