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Pablo Fornals joined West Ham in 2019 for £24 Million, it is safe to say his arrival wasn't greeted with much enthusiasm despite him having helped Spain win the U-21 World Cup. Manuel Pellegrini didn't seem able to work out how to use the energetic midfielder to the maximum of his abilities.

Many fans called for this 'expensive flop' to be moved on, and they nearly got their way! Fast forward a couple of years or so and now Fornals is one of the 1st names on David Moyes's team sheets, rightly so given his 'duracell bunny' performances that he has put in.

Yesterday West Ham confirmed their squad to compete in the Europa Cup this coming season: Goalkeepers: Alphonse Areola; Lukasz Fabianski; David Martin; Darren Randolph Defenders: Vladimir Coufal; Aaron Cresswell; Craig Dawson; Issa Diop; Ryan Fredericks; Arthur Masuaku; Angelo Ogbonna; Kurt Zouma Midfielders: Alex Kral; Mark Noble; Declan Rice; Tomas Soucek Forwards: Michail Antonio; Said Benrahma; Jarrod Bowen; Pablo Fornals; Manuel Lanzini; Nikola Vla

New Hammers signing Nikola Vlasic will wear number 11 for the club, the squad number previously held by Jesse Lingard. Much was made of Hammers interest in bringing in Lingard back to the London Dome following his incredibly successful loan spell during the 2nd half of last season, unfortunately Jesse elected to try and regain his place in the Manchester United team he had been excluded from for the last couple of years.