West Ham United manager David Moyes will take a near full-strength 23-man squad to Reading for Saturday’s pre-season match.
The Hammers boss could hand a debut to summer signing Nayef Aguerd at the Select Car Leasing Stadium following the Morocco international centre-back’s arrival in east London.
France goalkeeper Alphonse Areola could make his first appearance since completing a permanent transfer from Paris Saint-Germain, while midfielder Flynn Downes is set to appear for a second time after playing his first game in Claret and Blue at Ipswich Town on Tuesday evening.
The Club’s senior internationals are also back in action, with England duo Declan Rice and Jarrod Bowen, Croatia’s Nikola Vlašić and Czech Republic right-back Vladimír Coufal all set to make their first appearances of the pre-season in Berkshire after playing UEFA Nations League football for their respective countries last month.
England U21 international full-back Ben Johnson also returns after representing his country in UEFA European Championship qualifiers in June.
West Ham United have been allocated 2,102 tickets for Saturday's game in Berkshire. You can find full ticket information here, with seats priced at £10 for Adults and £5 for O65s/18-24s, U18s and U13s.
Saturday's match will be streamed live via the Official West Ham United App in all countries except Bosnia, Croatia, Israel, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Norway, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia and Sweden.
Czech Republic national-team captain Tomáš Souček and centre-back Craig Dawson both miss Saturday’s game with minor injuries.
Goalkeepers Lukasz Fabianski and Darren Randolph, full-back Aaron Cresswell, central defenders Issa Diop, Angelo Ogbonna, Kurt Zouma, midfielders Manuel Lanzini, Pablo Fornals and Conor Coventry, wingers Saïd Benrahma and Arthur Masuaku and forward Michail Antonio will also make the trip to face Paul Ince’s EFL Championship side.
Youngsters Harrison Ashby and Daniel Chesters, who combined to score West Ham’s winner at Ipswich in midweek, are also included, as is teenage striker Divin Mubama. The trio all travelled with the first-team squad to St Andrews and Évian-les-Bains earlier in pre-season.
