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Callum Wilson is not in the West Ham squad tonight after playing the full 90 minutes against Wolves on Saturday. The 33-year-old striker could be on his way out of the club just five months after joining. Jacob Steinberg has the story:
It is unclear how quickly an agreement will be reached for Wilson to leave West Ham … There are indications the former Newcastle striker’s departure may come towards the end of the transfer window, but is unclear whether as free agent or if West Ham will try to sell him.
Team news: Castellanos starts for West Ham
Taty Castellanos has gone straight into the West Ham team following the completion of his £25m move from Lazio yesterday. Another signing, Pablo Felipe, is on the bench again after making his debut as a substitute on Saturday.
West Ham XI (4-3-3): Areola; Walker-Peters, Todibo, Mavropanos, Scarles; Fernandes, Soucek, Paquetá; Bowen, Castellanos, Summerville.
Subs: Hermansen, Kilman, Pablo, Rodríguez, Magassa, Potts, Earthy, Kanté, Mayers.
Matz Sels replaces John Victor in goal for Nottingham Forest after the Brazilian was injured at the weekend. Callum Hudson-Odoi is fit to start after an achilles injury.
Nottingham Forest XI (4-2-3-1): Sels; Williams, Milenkovic, Murillo, Aina; Domínguez, Anderson; Hutchinson, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi; Igor Jesus.
Sub: Gunn, Morato, Awoniyi, Douglas Luiz, Kalimuendo, McAtee, Bakwa, Savona, Abbott.
Preamble
After an agonising hiatus of 48 hours, the Premier League is back. That’s right – we kick off Matchweek 21 tonight with what is, even at this stage of the season, a relegation six-pointer between West Ham and Nottingham Forest at the London Stadium.
It’s been a miserable season so far for West Ham and it got a whole lot worse on Saturday with that 3-0 defeat at Wolves. Nuno Espírito Santo is under massive pressure as he faces another one of his former teams tonight in Forest, who he guided into Europe last season.
Sean Dyche is the man in charge at Forest now and the new manager bounce that came after replacing Ange Postecoglou has subsided a bit. They have lost their last four and are four points above West Ham and the relegation zone.
It might not be a classic but it’s sure to be a significant night in the battle for survival. Email in with your thoughts.
Kick-off is at 8pm (GMT). Team news is coming shortly.
