Lucas Paqueta returns for West Ham United and Nuno Espirito Santo hands a Premier League debut to Taty Castellanos as Nottingham Forest arrive at the London Stadium.
Only one day after Castellanos embraced the chance to emulate Carlos Tevez at a side who will fall seven points adrift in the relegation zone with another home defeat, the £26 million signing from Lazio is thrown immediately into the starting XI.
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Castellanos features while Pablo Felipe, the £18.3 million addition from Gil Vicente, is on the bench again.
Nuno hoped to have Lucas Paqueta back for West Ham United after he missed Saturday’s 3-0 trouncing at Wolves, and he gets his wish. The Brazilian returns from injury. As does Jean-Clair Todibo, the club’s most in-form centre-back starting alongside Konstantinos Mavropanos while Max Kilman is dropped to the bench.
Taty Castellanos starts as West Ham United host Nottingham Forest
Freddie Potts and Soungoutou Magassa drop out, replaced by Tomas Soucek and the aforementioned Paqueta. There is also no Callum Wilson in the squad.
There are rumours that West Ham could terminate Wilson’s contract this month. His absence here will only add fuel to the fire.
Young trio George Earthy, Ezra Mayers and Mohamadou Kante are among the substitutes for a must-win clash.
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