Emmanuel Emenike will miss Villa clash

New West Ham signing Emmanuel Emenike will miss Tuesday night’s game with Aston Villa under the Boleyn Ground lights after it was not possible to register him before the 12pm deadline today.

The 28-year-old Nigerian has yet to receive international clearance and until then the player can not be registered.

Like many, Claret and Hugh had assumed the match fit striker would go straight into the squad tomorrow and looked certain to play some part of tomorrow’s Premier League clash but that is not the case.

A source close to the club said “We never said he would be eligible to play on Tuesday night, we need to get his international clearance sorted first. We will clarify on WHUFC.com later”