West Ham’s next opponents Liverpool have been boosted by the return of a key man ahead of the Premier League game at Anfield this weekend.
On a day when the Reds discovered they would face either Atlético Madrid or Galatasaray in the last 16 of the Champions League, Arne Slot also delivered a rather frustrating injury update.
Because German international Florian Wirtz looks set to face the Hammers, with Slot confirming: “His injury is not as bad as we first thought, we hope he will be okay.”
Wirtz Return Raises Difficulty Level
Wirtz was a late omission from Liverpool’s 1–0 injury-time win against Nottingham Forest, and the team failed to fully click without him.
The £116m summer signing took a little while to settle into life at Anfield, but he has become a key figure in recent weeks.
The task for Nuno Espírito Santo and West Ham will certainly be more difficult if he does feature on Saturday.
That’s a huge blow, Wirtz was the player that hurt us, Nuno should stick with 451 but man to man mark Wirtz without him they are an ordinary side.
They should also smash him in the back often and try and inflame his injury as early as possible to get him out of the game.
If he was unfit I fancied us, with him I think the best we can hope for is a draw and it’s likely they will score 2 or 3.