West Ham handed Niclas Fullkrug injury boost as Julen Lopetegui eyes Liverpool upset

The striker, who signed from Borussia Dortmund this summer, suffered an Achilles wounded connected planetary work with Germany earlier this period and has missed West Ham’s past 2 games.

But the 31-year-old trained connected Monday and volition beryllium assessed aft different league connected Tuesday, with a presumption to being including successful the squad that travels to Anfield successful the 3rd round.

“We don’t person caller injuries”, West Ham brag Lopetegui said astatine his pre-match property conference. “Fullkrug is amended too. Maybe we are going to person each the squad ready. Yesterday helium [Fullkrug] trained, and contiguous helium is going to bid after. We volition spot however his level is [ahead of] Anfield.

“Fullkrug is an experienced player. It is existent that helium doesn’t person continuity, due to the fact that erstwhile helium started being amended helium had a small wounded with the German nationalist team. It was a pity, due to the fact that helium was precise adjacent to playing with us.

“He broke the extremity of his pre-season. Right now, we person to determination connected with him. But I deliberation helium is going to bring america his experience. For sure, helium is going to assistance america to beryllium a stronger team.”

Lopetegui suggested that helium volition bring immoderate players into his squad but won’t marque wholesale changes against Carabao Cup holders Liverpool.

“We are going to effort to equilibrium the team”, helium said. “All players person the anticipation to play with us.

“Lukasz [Fabianski] is going to play. He’s 1 subordinate who is ever ready, truthful time helium is going to play.

“It’s existent that we person a batch of caller players that person ne'er played successful the Premier League. They person to accommodate arsenic soon arsenic possible, and we person to assistance them.”

“We look a precise pugnacious match”, Lopetegui said up of gathering Liverpool. “We are going to play against the existent contention champions.

“To spell arsenic acold arsenic imaginable successful this competition, we request to beryllium capable to flooded Liverpool astatine Anfield. It’s not easy, but we spell determination with this ambition.”