West Ham today face Bournemouth on the south coast in our 2023/24 Premier League season opener.
David Moyes will want to start the season well and will know that a poor start to the campaign will result is significant pressure on the Scot, following a difficult domestic campaign previously.
Bournemouth on the other hand are readying a new era under Andoni Iraola, with the Spanish manager taking over from Gary O’Neil as the Cherries look to implement a younger squad – with Alex Scott and Milos Kerkez amongst the new arrivals.
West Ham have suffered a frustrating summer, with Declan Rice and Gianluca Scamacca amongst the departures with the club only just making the first major signing in Edson Alvarez – but isn’t match ready for today has been stated by David Moyes.
Despite the recent speculation around his future at West Ham, Lucas Paqueta has travelled with the squad and could well feature – pending where he is mentally prior to kick off.
It is understood that Michail Antonio is available for selection, although Aaron Cresswell will miss out, with a transfer from the club looking more likely in the coming weeks.
Todays match kicks off at 3pm and is not being shown live on TV.