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News from the Manchester United camp is that  Zlatan Ibrahimovic is set to return from suspension after missing the 1-1 draw with Arsenal having been booked five times.

However, he played in the Europa League against Feyenoord on Thursday, when the likes of Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Wayne Rooney put themselves in line for inclusion against the Hammers.

Jose Mourinho was reportedly impressed with them.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic played against Feyenoord and is expected to gain a Premier League recall

The manager is also expected to bring back David de Gea but remains without Eric Bailly (knee) and Chris Smalling. He must decide whether former Iron Michael Carrick can make a third start in nine days.

The provisional squad being widely reported is: De Gea, Romero, Blind, Jones, Darmian, Fosu-Mensah, Rojo, Shaw, Valencia, Carrick, Fellaini, Herrera, Mkhitaryan, Lingard, Mata, Pogba, Schneiderlin, Young, Depay, Martial, Rashford, Rooney, Ibrahimovic

Foe us  Mark Noble returns from suspension  but of course  Winston Reid serves a one-match ban.

Midfielder Pedro Obiang is expected to be available despite missing training earlier this week due to an ankle injury.

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Hugh Southon is a lifelong Iron and the founding editor of ClaretandHugh. He is a national newspaper journalist of many years experience and was Bobby Moore's 'ghost' writer during the great man's lifetime. He describes ClaretandHugh as "the Hammers daily newspaper!"

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