David Moyes has revealed that he will call up the kids having left the bulk of the squad at Rush Green ahead of tomorrow’s Conference game against FSCB.
He has challenged the team to become the first ever to become the first team in UEFA Europa Conference League history to claim a 100 per cent record in the group stages.
The Irons travel to the capital of Romania, Bucharest, to face FCSB in their final Group B fixture on Thursday, with a place in the round of 16 of the competition already secured thanks to five consecutive group-stage wins.
And speaking at the pre match presser on the official site the manager has made it clear that it will be some youngsters he hopes will help them do it.
He said: “The biggest motivation for us is that we’ve won the group and we now need to finish it off. We’re going to give some of the younger players an opportunity in the game. We’ve left the bulk of the players back home and we’re looking forward to the game.
“There are still a lot of senior players involved and they all want to be playing, so hopefully we can go to FCSB and get that sixth victory.
“We hope we can do that, but we still want to win the game and we still want to finish the group off well.
“Last year we won the group but, with Dinamo Zagreb at home, we didn’t quite win that last game. But this is another opportunity for us and the players have done great to put us in this position.”
Nayef Aguerd could be in line for his second competitive outing, after making his long-awaited debut against Silkeborg IF last week at London Stadium.
The Moroccan was not involved away to Manchester United in the Premier League on Sunday but Moyes is eager to get the centre-back more match minutes against FCSB.
He confirmed: “We hope Nayef can play again, hopefully as long as he can. We’re trying to get him back and these games have been really good for him.
“We included him the squad from the start because we hoped he might be available for the last couple of games, and that’s the way it’s proved to be. Hopefully we can get him another good part of a game under his belt.”
