The Evening Standard has made a claim that will have West Ham fans dreaming after an update on the Michail Antonio situation.
West Ham face one of the biggest games in the club’s modern history in Holland on Thursday night.
The Hammers take on AZ Alkmaar in the second leg of their Europa Conference League semi-final.
The tie is delicately poised at 2-1 to West Ham after David Moyes’ side came from behind to gain a narrow lead at the London Stadium last Thursday night.
First leg looked to have come at a cost for Moyes
With Gianluca Scamacca out for the season and Danny Ings struggling to adapt to playing the lone striker role at West Ham, Michail Antonio’s return to form in the last couple of months could not have come at a better time.
Antonio was on hand to give West Ham a toe in the final with that winner in the first leg.
But the game looked to have come at a cost for Moyes when Antonio was seen limping following TV interviews on the pitch after the final whistle.
Evening Standard makes claim that will have West Ham fans dreaming after update on the Michail Antonio situation
The striker was then absent from the squad for the defeat to Brentford at the weekend with West Ham’s manager confirming he has a calf knock.
That sparked fears Antonio will miss Thursday’s game in Holland. And given how key he has been to West Ham posing a goal threat of late, that would have been a real blow.
For a change, though, there appears to be some good news on the injury front for the Hammers.
With Mich in attack Hammers can dream about Prague final
Because The Evening Standard has made a claim that will have West Ham fans dreaming after an update on the Antonio situation.
The newspaper’s West Ham reporter has been told Antonio’s absence at Brentford was merely ‘precautionary’.
And word from inside the club is that West Ham are hopeful the striker will be fit to face AZ later this week.
The prospect of West Ham playing without Antonio at the moment does not bear thinking about.
So that is very welcome news indeed. And it will have Hammers fans dreaming of seeing the job through and making the final in Prague against either Basel or Fiorentina.
We’ll be keeping fingers, Hammers crossed!
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