Morgan Amalfitano may have been banished to train with the reserves, but he has been handed an unexpected lifeline by manager Slaven Bilic.
Three weeks ago it was revealed that the French winger had been ordered to train with the club's youngsters after he fell foul of Bilic's rules and rergulations, implemented when he arrivd at the club in the summer.However Bilic has handed an olive branch to the 30-year-old by including him in West Ham's 25-man squad for the current Premier League season.
Amalfitano has been granted the numbet 18 shirt by Bilic in this year's squad list, which also sees Alex Song given the number four shirt and fellow new arrival Victor Moses handed the number 20, previously worn by Guy Demel.
Meanwhil Nikica Jelavic will wear the previously vacant number 26 shirt, whilst Michail Antonio takes number 30 - Alex Song's 2014/15 squad number.
The full list is as follows; last season's squad numbers in brackets (where applicable):
1 (GK) Darren Randolph (n/a)
2 (DF) Winston Reid (2)
3 (DF) Aaron Cresswell (3)
4 (MF) Alex Song (30)
5 (DF) James Tomkins (5)
6 Retired
7 Unused
8 (MF) Cheikhou Kouyate (8)
9 (FW) Andy Carroll (9)
10 (FW) Mauro Zarate (10)
11 (FW) Enner Valencia (31)
12 (DF) Carl Jenkinson (18)
13 (GK) Adrian (13)
14 (MF) Pedro Obiang (n/a)
15 (FW) Diafra Sakho (15)
16 (MF) Mark Noble (16)
17 (DF) Joey O'Brien (17)
18 (MF) Morgan Amalfitano (21)
19 (DF) James Collins (19)
20 (MF) Victor Moses (n/a)
21 (DF) Angelo Ogbonna (n/a)
22 Unused
23 Unused
24 Unused
25 (DF) Doneil Henry (n/a)
26 (FW) NIkica Jelavic (n/a)
27 (MF) Dimitri Payet (n/a)
28 (MF) Manuel Lanzini (n/a)
29 Unused
30 (MF) Michail Antonio (n/a)
31 Unused
32 (DF) Reece Burke (32)
33 Unused
34 (GK) Raphael Spiegel (34)
35 (DF) Reece Oxford
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