West Ham United centre-backs Nayef Aguerd and Angelo Ogbonna have both trained ahead of Thursday’s Europa Conference League quarter-final second leg against Gent.
The Hammers host Belgian side Gent at the London Stadium after drawing 1-1 in the first leg, with the winner facing either Anderlecht (Belgium) or AZ Alkmaar (Netherlands) in the semi-finals.
football.london was among those in attendance for the start of training on Wednesday to get a glimpse at who did and did not train in the session.
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Barring striker Gianluca Scamacca, who is set to miss the rest of the season after undergoing knee surgery on Saturday morning, all 22 of the club’s other senior players, and academy goalkeeper Krisztian Hegyi all trained in the session.
That included centre-backs Aguerd and Ogbonna, who both missed Sunday’s 2-2 draw with Arsenal after picking up respective ankle and back issues last week in Belgium.
However, both have featured in training on Wednesday and that could mean Aguerd will feature against Gent in the second leg. Ogbonna, even if he is fit, will not be involved, as he is suspended for the clash.
In the first leg six days ago, West Ham went ahead in the first half through Danny Ings’ goal, his first career goal in European football. Hugo Cuypers levelled the tie after half-time.
Heading into the second leg, midfielder Flynn Downes, right-back Vladimir Coufal and academy striker Divin Mubama are all one booking away a suspension for the first leg of the semi-finals, should West Ham get there.
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