• West Ham playmaker is fit to face Liverpool after knee injury[br]• Manuel Lanzini to make glide from Al-Jazira permanent in springDimitri Payet,whom Slaven Bilic likened to Arsenal’s Mesut Özil, is fit for Saturday’s game against Liverpool at Upton Park. Whether the West Ham playmaker will start is dependent on how he performs in training but his rapid recovery from the knee injury he sustained in November means he will nearly certainly make the squad.
Payet was instrumental in West Ham’s strong start to the season and Bilic was full of compliment for the France midfielder. “I rate him on the same level as Mesut Özil. He makes other players better. He creates space for others, and he creates chances,he can take three or four players out of the game,” the manager said. “He adapted immediately to the club and the players recognised his ability straight away.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com