Dimitri Payet could be rushed back into West Ham’s team to face Bournemouth on Sunday as Slaven Bilic counts the cost of his side’s already-hectic schedule.
The first Premier League fixture at the Olympic Stadium follows the Hammers’ trips to Chelsea and Astra Giurgiu in an intense week which has already taken a toll on Bilic’s squad.
New signing Andre Ayew will miss up to four months with a thigh injury suffered at Stamford Bridge while fellow summer addition Sofiane Feghouli leads a group of players struggling with other problems.
Payet, who starred for France in their run to the final of the European Championship, is not fit enough to play 90 minutes but is set for a start if his downed team-mates cannot recover.