West Ham duo Michail Antonio and Sead Haksabanovic are both to play in the Hammers PL2 side on Friday night against Everton as preparation for the coming season.
Antonio has been out of action with a hamstring injury since the end of last season, and did not feature in Slaven Bilic’s side’s pre-season tour of Europe. Friday night will his first return to action since sustaining his injury back in April.
In the case of Haksabanovic, the Montenegro international joined the Hammers only earlier this week, and is being eased into action. While only 18, the flying winger is expected to be part of Slaven Bilic’s first team squad as the season progresses.
Academy director Terry Westley said: “It’s our first game, playing against a very good side in Everton who are the Premier League 2 champions from last season. They’ll be strong, and we’ll be strong too.
“The more people that come along to Dagenham, the better chance we have to up our game and perform to our best to get off to the best possible start, so we hope there will be a big crowd.
“Michail Antonio and our new boy Sead Haksabanovic will be playing, so it’s also a great chance for fans to see those players in action for the first time this season.”
