West Ham XI vs Burnley: Starting lineup, confirmed team news, injury latest for Championship today

Nuno Espirito Santo’s side face a difficult first examination as a second-tier outfit, with their hosts also hoping to secure promotion straight back to the Premier League this term.

Despite having sold well in this window and brought in over £150m for Crysencio Summerville, Mateus Fernandes and Freddie Potts, West Ham have struggled to find replacements.

While Solomon is a direct successor to Summerville, they are still short in midfield with Engels ineligible to make his debut on Sunday.

Uncertainty around the club’s ownership has only served to confuse the issue further.

The West Ham boss is able to call upon El Hadji Malick Diouf, who looks set to stay in east London despite being subject to interest from Brentford earlier in the window.

James Ward-Prowse, meanwhile, has been called in from the cold after spending the second half of last season on loan at Burnley. Both are on the bench.

Experienced midfielder Tomas Soucek is not involved in Lancashire after suffering a serious ankle injury during the Czech Republic’s final World Cup group match against Mexico at the end of June.

Venezuelan winger Keiber Lamadrid is also out after sustaining a knee injury during West Ham’s friendly against FC Magdeburg two weeks ago.

“Both of them are out for this game,” Nuno said of Soucek and Lamadrid during his pre-match press conference on Friday. “We hope to have both of them back as soon as possible.

“Both of them are improving, and we’ll continue to assess them day by day. As a squad, we are preparing.

“We still have one session to go, and we are dealing with a couple of other issues, so after that we will decide the team.”

The England international had interest from a number of Premier League clubs, but turned down their advances to help West Ham’s promotion bid.

He started the season with a goal in the 3-1 victory over Portsmouth last weekend and will expect to carry on his good form as the focal point of the Hammers’ attack.

There is no Edson Alvarez as at all as Solomon comes straight in for a debut, the only change from the win against Pompey.

West Ham XI: Hermansen, Walker-Peters, Kilman, Mavropanos, Scarles, Kante, Orford, Bowen, Solomon, Pablo, Castellanos

Subs: Areola, Ward-Prowse, Diouf, Veltman, Earthy, Landers, Golambeckis, Mayers, Ajala