The Irons U23s continue their pre-season this afternoon with a behind-closed doors friendly against Reading U23s.
Head coach Dmitri Halajko’s side will play The Royals at their training ground.
Reading will be one of West Ham’s opposition in the Premier League 2 Division 2 which kicks off in just over a week.
The match follows the opener which saw the lads draw 0-0 draw with Dagenham & Redbridge on Friday night.
Halajko said: ‘“It has been busy and that’s exactly what we want really. We want to test the boys and we want to push them, physically and mentally, technically and tactically. It’s busy for a reason and that’s by design so hopefully comes the start of the season they will be in good shape.
“We hope to get as many of these boys from the group playing league football. Whether that is out on loan or here in the first-team it will be determined by how well they are doing.
That’s a massive aim to see how many boys we can get playing in the league making senior appearances.”
“We want a ball-player and a ball-winner and someone who can conduct things from the middle of the park and there are times when Conor (Coventry) really shows that.”
Following on from Tuesday’s game the West Ham U23s will fly to Belgium to take on RSC Anderlecht in a prestigious friendly. They will then open up their league campaign at home against Fulham on the 9 August.