West Ham United face another crucial Premier League fixture on Friday night as they travel north to take on high-flying Sheffield United at Bramall Lane.
New manager David Moyes will be hoping to continue his 100% winning start at the Hammers after already beating AFC Bournemouth 4-0 and Gillingham 2-0 (Transfermarkt) as he looks to build during his second stint in charge following his appointment.
He does though have injuries to contend with and in his press conference, he confirmed that Michail Antonio, Jack Wilshere, Ryan Fredericks and Andriy Yarmolenko were all unable to face the Blades (whufc.com). That may mean that Moyes has to look to youngsters to fill his bench and according to @ExWHUemployee both Bernardo Rosa and Jeremy Ngakia have been called into the squad for the fixture in South Yorkshire.
West Ham have a proud history of producing young players, with the likes of Rio Ferdinand, Frank Lampard and Joe Cole coming from their academy as well as current first-team players Mark Noble and Declan Rice. As a result, many Irons fans are therefore delighted to see another couple of prospects potentially set for first-team opportunities, here is what some said about it on Twitter…
Superb!
— Dave Lambourne (@Lambo1966) January 10, 2020
About timw these kids are given a chance to shine
— James (@essexhammerjb) January 10, 2020
Nice, about time a few came through.
— West Ham Pub Talk (@WHUFCpubtalk) January 10, 2020
All for giving youth a go. Only way to discover if they’re good enough is to play them. Ngakia looks to have a powerful frame which will help him youd imagine. Good luck to them both.
— William Field (@wilfield71) January 10, 2020
That is so good! Rosa, who’s a very good footballer is a good fullback, I rate him above Johnson tbh
— Gjermund Holt (@GjermundHolt) January 10, 2020
Good to see!
— Brad (@Bradley_Todd) January 10, 2020
Fantastic news⚒⚒⚒👍👍👍⚒⚒⚒
— Leonidas Odinson⚒ (@LeonidasOdinson) January 10, 2020
The Academy of Football @WestHam 👏
Good luck lads.— VickySheva ⚒ (@VickySheva) January 10, 2020
Great news. Always nice to see the academy players get a chance.
— David Newhouse (@Davefrom1987) January 10, 2020
West Ham fans, would you like to see either of these two players feature against Sheffield United? Let us know in the comments below…
