Nayef Aguerd is closing in on a return to the West Ham first-team.

The defender has been out of action for around three months after sustaining a major injury in pre-season against Rangers.

He has undergone surgery on his injured ankle, and has struggled to find his way back to fitness.

But it now appears that he is closing in on a return and David Moyes appears to have pencilled in a possible return against FCSB.

The Irons play the Romanian side on November 3rd, and it appears that the Irons boss hopes to have him involved in that game.

Prior to those encounters, West Ham face Bournemouth, Silkeborg, and Manchester United, and the Morocco international is likely to be given minutes with the U21s prior to the FCSB game.

Speaking to Football.London, Moyes said: “That would be ideally how he’d do it and the boy wants to do that and we need him to get some feel for the game, we don’t want to shock him by throwing him in.

“I think playing in the Premier League between now and the World Cup maybe more difficult, if you are looking at it that way, we will see how it would be.

“If I can get him fit for any part of Silkeborg or any part of [FCSB] that would be great. It might just come a bit quick, the first one certainly, but I’m hoping that maybe these two games are a possibility.

“If I could fit in a [21s] game from somewhere or somewhere which can get him 45 minutes, I might look to do so.”

Aguerd is aiming to return to fitness ahead of the World Cup, as Morocco prepare to face Belgium, Canada, and Croatia in Group F in Qatar.