Jarrod Bowen appears to be like set to be match for West Ham’s bid for an unlikely Europa League comeback in opposition to new Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen.
The Hammers’ 19-goal high scorer missed the 2-0 quarter-final first-leg defeat in Germany, and Sunday’s Premier League loss at residence to Fulham, with a hip damage.
However Bowen took half in coaching at West Ham’s Rush Inexperienced HQ on Wednesday morning and hopes are excessive that he shall be out there in opposition to Leverkusen.
Supervisor David Moyes mentioned: “It was nice to see Jarrod on the market.
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“We’re unsure but. I might by no means threat a participant if I assumed they had been injured however you all the time need your finest gamers again in, your goalscorers as nicely, and Jarrod has been that this season.”
The information is a significant increase to the Hammers as they try and inflict a primary defeat of the season on Xabi Alonso’s Leverkusen.
However they are going to be with out key Brazilian midfielder Lucas Paqueta by suspension after he was booked in Germany.
“Most individuals know precisely what Jarrod has carried out for us over the season and others. It could give us and the group an actual carry,” Moyes mentioned.
“We’ve misplaced Lucas by suspension, and had Jarrod out by damage. We’ve to seek out methods of creating magic occur.”
Left-back Emerson Palmieiri can also be suspended whereas centre-half Konstantinos Mavropanos is a doubt.
Leverkusen secured a primary league title of their historical past once they beat Werder Bremen 5-0 on Sunday, and Moyes hopes the celebrations went on lengthy into the night time – and possibly spilled into the beginning of the week.
“Rightly so, why would you not rejoice?” he mentioned. “To be the champions, it’s best to rejoice, it’s best to take pleasure in it as a result of the moments go in a short time.
“I hope they’ve been downing these massive big glasses of beer they get in Germany!”
Goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski, who turns 39 on Thursday, hopes West Ham can lean on their expertise of creating unlikely comebacks.
Fabianski was within the Hammers crew who had been 3-0 down at Tottenham with 10 minutes to go in 2020, and hit again to attract 3-3.
“I feel the arrogance that we are able to take is from the experiences in recent times, video games the place we now have been down and are available again,” the previous Poland worldwide mentioned.
“The Spurs sport is among the finest examples, being 3-0 down and to attain three in 10-Quarter-hour.
“We’ve skilled some nice moments as a crew in current historical past and that can assist us put together mentally for (Thursday’s) sport.”
