West Ham website drops big hint that star Maxwel Cornet is in line for just his second start against Gent

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The West Ham website appears to have dropped a big hint that star Maxwel Cornet is in line for just his second start against Gent.

West Ham are back in Europa Conference League action this week with a trip to Belgian side Gent in the first leg of their quarter-final clash.

After seeing off AEK Larnaca 6-0 on aggregate in the last 16, West Ham are one of the favourites to win the competition having also made the semi-finals of the Europa League last season.

Hammers News has spoken exclusively to Belgian football expert Sacha Tavolieri about the tie.

The journalist revealed Gent fear ‘massive’ West Ham and gave the full lowdown on the Belgians ahead of the game.

And one player the home side might need to look out for is West Ham’s £17.5m summer signing Maxwel Cornet.

Hammers fans were excited by what the Ivorian might bring to the side when he was signed from Burnley.

But he has been restricted to a solitary start due to a rare calf injury which kept him out for five months.

With his pace, energy and ability, Hammers fans are hopeful he could make a big difference during the run in.

Now the West Ham website has dropped a big hint that star Cornet is in line for just his second start against Gent.

Cornet made a lively cameo at the end of the win over Fulham at the weekend.

West Ham website drops big hint that star Maxwel Cornet is in line for just his second start against Gent

And an article on West Ham’s website with the Ivory Coast star previewing the Gent game suggests David Moyes will hand the 26-year-old his second start since joining the club.

Cornet talks up the competition, his desire to help West Ham go all the way and says his previous European experience could be key.

The club’s media team have also heavily hinted Cornet might be starting the match.

“The No14 is back in action and with his lightning pace and extensive UEFA Champions League and Europa League experience with Olympique Lyonnais, he could play a big part for West Ham over the closing weeks of what has been, for player and Club, a frustrating, stop-start 2022/23 season – a season that could yet end with a major European trophy,” the club site states.

‘I am back and I want to do everything’

The player himself agrees and sounds fired up to really get going in the claret and blue.

“European experience is really important for this kind of game because it’s a high level and we know we want to do something in this competition, so we all have to be focused on this goal,” Cornet said.

“European football is different, but you have the same goal. To win a trophy for the club can be the best thing for me for my first season. It was not a season for me with my injury, but now I am back and I want to do everything to go to the final and win this trophy.”

Cornet’s blistering pace was on display against Fulham at the weekend and also in the car park at Rush Green ahead of Gent.

Video shows the winger sprinting away from a huge dog as the likes of Declan Rice and Alphonse Areola watch on in hysterics.

Last week former West Ham star Andy Carroll backed Cornet to make a big difference for the side after what he saw on a visit to his old club.

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