Kurt Zouma could return to the West Ham squad for Saturday's Premier League clash with Newcastle.
The defender, who found himself at the centre of a storm following a social media post which showed him slapping and kicking his pet cat, withdrew from the team to face Leicester last weekend after feeling unwell during warm-up.
Asked if Zouma was in contention to face the Magpies, Hammers boss David Moyes said: 'Well, he's better, but it's taken him a couple of days to get over it.
'He had quite bad sickness and illness, but he's trained the last couple of days, so I'm hoping that he'll be available.