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The Breakdown: West Ham preview

We return to Premier League action against West Ham United on Wednesday, and ahead of the game Michael Cox assesses our opponents.

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THE MANAGER

“Slaven Bilic has made a number tough decisions in his time as West Ham boss, but perhaps none more significant than the decision to drop captain Mark Noble. Kouyate is a fine all-round midfielder capable of scrapping in deep positions and storming forward into attack, while Pedro Obiang is a fine technician, capable of spreading play calmly.

“At the top of the midfield trio should be Manuel Lanzini, one of the Premier League’s most underrated footballers, a wonderfully elusive, diminutive Argentine number ten, who has particularly thrived since the departure of Dimitri Payet.