The Hammers are all set to have a very different look for the game against Reading in the next pre-season friendly which probably represents their biggest pre-season test so far.

We are unbeaten in three games against Dundee, Orient and Northampton Town which the Championship outfit won their opening game against League One Lincoln by a goal to nil.

The match at the Madjeski Stadium will be fascinating with David Moyes possibly welcoming back a number of international players with Łukasz Fabiański, Pablo Fornals and Saïd Benrahma having all  returned to training at Rush Green this week.

The trio were all given time off after being called-up by their respective nations over the summer, but will now turn their focus 100% to the Claret and Blue cause.

Five first-team players remain away on international duty or post-UEFA Euro 2020 breaks – Winston Reid is at the Tokyo Olympic Games with New Zealand, while Declan Rice, Vladimír Coufal, Tomáš Souček and Andriy Yarmolenko are recovering .