The Blues travel across the capital to take on the Hammers at the London Stadium in Saturday’s lunchtime Premier League clash, hoping to build on the three points we secured in our last away game at Bournemouth.

Our head coach was asked for the latest update in terms of player availability ahead of the weekend when speaking to the media at Cobham, with the Italian pleased to be able to welcome the midfield pair back following illness.

‘Ahead of the weekend we have Enzo back and Keirnan back,’ Maresca explained at his pre-match press conference.

‘In terms of players who aren’t available, Malo is still out and Reece is still out.'

When asked again about James, he added: 'His injury is a bit delayed and the most important thing for him – for any injury – is the player comes back when they are 100% fit and Reece is still out.’

James started the first five matches of pre-season out in the United States but suffered a setback in the Real Madrid match during our final game of tour.

Maresca said: 'Unfortunately we don’t have an idea [when James will be back] at the moment. In terms of injuries in the past, we always hope we can find the right solution. In this case, he has been very unlucky because we planned to change him after something like 65 minutes and he got an injury after 62 or 63 minutes. So it was a bit unlucky. Hopefully we can have him back fit as soon as possible.’

One player who will hope to secure more minutes at West Ham is Jadon Sancho, with the deadline day addition from Manchester United impressing from the bench against Bournemouth last time out.

The winger, who entered the action at half-time and set up Christopher Nkunku to net our late winner against the Cherries, is someone who has impressed Maresca in training during the international break.

‘We are very happy with Jadon,’ added the Italian.

‘Since Jadon arrived here, he has been working very hard on and off the ball. We used the international break to focus a little on him and he is doing well.’

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