CHERRIES boss Andoni Iraola will make a final decision over player’s availability for the season opener after training this afternoon.
West Ham visit Vitality Stadium for the first game of the Premier League season, with Iraola left sweating over the availability of a few players.
Speaking after the final pre-season friendly with Lorient, Iraola told the Daily Echo that Ryan Christie and Dominic Solanke had been rested out of precaution.
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Antoine Semenyo has also returned to training, and is not far away from full fitness.
However, Iraola did confirm that a host of players will miss the curtain raiser for the new Premier League season, notably vice-captain Adam Smith and new signing Alex Scott.
He shared: “For sure, the ones that have been injured last games in pre-season, talking about Adam Smith, Lloyd Kelly, Tav (Marcus Tavernier), Ryan Fredericks, Alex Scott, if you can include him.
“And then we have some cases that we are going to wait until today's training to take the decision, but we have some players that we are not sure if we could put them in tomorrow's game.”
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