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The mystery illness that has been raging through Hammers squad shows no sign of abating, in fact such has been the effect that assembling a team that is well enoigh to face Manchester United this evening is proving to be such a difficult task that there is a rumour that the cllub may try to get the game postponed due to a lack of fit players!

Man City : Ortega; Walker (c), Stones, Dias, Ake; Alvarez, Rodri, Silva; Mahrez, Grealish, Haaland. Subs: Ederson, Phillips, Gundogan, Laporte, Gomez, Akanji, Perrone, Foden, Lewis.
West Ham : Fabianski; Coufal, Kehrer, Ogbonna, Cresswell (c), Emerson; Paqueta, Downes; Bowen, Fornals, Antonio. Subs: Areola, Anang, Johnson, Lanzini, Cornet, Ings, Benrahma.

With so few games remaining of the season West Ham United's back room staff have told players that they no longer need to wear their performance 'bra's' for the remaining fixtures. The monitoring singlets that do resmeble brassiers are a vital part of acquiring fitness information but are uncomfortable to wear and so have been deemed unnecessary for the remainder of the season.