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Nuno Espirito Santo has confirmed that Konstantinos Mavropanos will be able to feature during West Ham United’s Friday night clash with Wolves while Crysencio Summerville is ‘improving’.
Mavropanos suffered a concussion on Greece duty during the international break, rendering him unavailable for the FA Cup quarter-final defeat by Leeds.
Jean-Clair Todibo and Callum Wilson also missed out on that last-eight tie, while Summerville was not yet ready to return from a calf injury he picked up over a month ago.
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Nuno Espirito Santo hopes to have Crysencio Summerville back for West Ham United
Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday lunchtime, however, Nuno Espirito Santo was a lot more positive about what could be a whole host of comebacks when rock-bottom Wolves come to town.
Nuno plays down concerns over Axel Disasi and Alphonse Areola, too. The former picked up a minor hamstring concern against Leeds, while Areola was replaced by debutant Finlay Herrick in extra time.
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“It was a tough game, a lot of time and energy [was expended],” Nuno says. “But they are OK. It’s just tiredness and fatigue.
“[Summerville] is improving, he’s improving. ‘JC’, Callum Wilson, we still have tomorrow to assess, but there is improvement. We are positive. We are positive that they can be available. Dino is also clear from the concussion protocol.
“So, we are positive they are going to be available.”
Wolves thrashed West Ham 3-0 at Molineux in early-January. The Hammers really cannot afford to slip up against the 20th-placed side again, having worked so well to reel in Tottenham, Nottingham Forest and even Leeds over the last three months.
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