West Ham can be cautious with returns of Jarrod Bowen and Vladimir Coufal
West Ham will welcome Everton to the London Stadium on Sunday with hopes of keeping their Champions League chase alive and kicking.
David Moyes will at least be boosted by the potential returns of star attacker Jarrod Bowen and ever-reliable right-back Vladimir Coufal.
Both have been out with injuries during this crucial period of games for the Iron but they appear to be ready for a return according to ExWHUEmployee on the West Ham Way podcast.
“Bowen and Coufal, at this moment, are still aiming for Everton, but it’s still not confirmed 100% whether they’ll make it. But they’re still targeting it,” he said.
“Hopefully having Bowen and Coufal not far off is a big boost for us.”
Both players are probably in Moyes’ best 11 if he was pushed to name it but that doesn’t mean they will automatically come straight back in for the visit of Frank Lampard’s Toffees.
Their fitness is still to be confirmed by the boss so to throw them back in at the deep end might be one step too far.
Especially with the form of Andriy Yarmolenko and Ben Johnson, who has deputised in their position during their absence, it would be reckless to push them too far too soon.
The Hammers have a Europa League quarter-final to think about too with Lyon travelling to London on Thursday.
However much Moyes wants to see his best players on the big stage, he needs to remember that they are only human and rushing them into the starting lineup at the weekend could do far more bad than it does good.
In other West Ham news, Moyes may dip into the free-agent market this summer with a winger on the shortlist.
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