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Jarrod Bowen will face a late fitness test to see if he’s ready to take on Bayer Leverkusen in West Ham’s crunch Europa League clash on Thursday night.
The Hammers must find a way to overturn a two-goal deficit against the newly-crowned unbeaten Bundesliga champions and boss David Moyes knows the return of top scorer Bowen would give the club a ‘huge lift’.
Bowen missed last week’s quarter-final final first leg and the defeat to Fulham in the Premier League on Sunday with a back injury but took part in full West Ham training on Wednesday alongside Kalvin Phillips and goalkeeper Alphonse Areola.
‘It was great to see Jarrod out there,’ said Moyes ahead of the game at the London Stadium on Thursday. ‘It’s the first time we’ve had him out. I’m not sure yet [if he’ll be involved].
‘We had Kalvin out there as well but I’m not sure about him either. Alphonse was out as well
