Roberto returns but Rice rested

  • by Staff Writer
  • Tuesday, 25th August 2020

The two teams facing Wycombe Wanderers and Ipswich Town this afternoon have been confirmed.

David Moyes has, as expected, split his first team squad into two for the matches, which are taking place simultaneously at Adams Park and Portman Road this afternoon (kicking off at 2pm).

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And that means opportunities for youngsters such as 19-year-old central defender Aji Alese and Conor Coventry - who have been named in the starting XIs for the fixture against Ipswich - plus 16-year-old Jamal Baptiste, who starts against Wycombe.

There is no place for Declan Rice, who recently returned from a holiday in Mykanos nor first choice goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski.

However fellow goalkeeper Roberto, who won Worst Player and Worst Signing at last week's KUMB Awards is back in a West Ham squad for the first time since being sent out on loan for the second half of the 2019/20 season.


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The two squads are as follows:

vs Ipswich: Randolph, Coventry, Cresswell, Balbuena, Alese, Soucek, Yarmolenko, Anderson, Haller, Wilshere, Diangana.

Subs: Roberto, Cardoso, Lewis, Kemp, Odubeko.

vs Wycombe: Martin, Johnson, Masuaku, Baptiste, Ogbonna, Noble, Cullen, Fornals, Lanzini, Bowen, Antonio.

Subs: Anang, Akinola, Adarkwa, Longelo, Silva, Rosa.

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