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West Ham have pencilled in an October return to action for striker Xande Silva after an awful summer for the 22-year-old which saw him undergo emergency surgery for a bowel obstruction.

The Hammers medical staff, as revealed by football.london earlier this week, are thrilled with how the 22-year-old has recovered from his summer surgery and are hopeful he could return to action for a potential Carabao Cup fourth round tie should they get past Oxford United in round three.

Silva lost five kilograms of weight over the summer and putting that weight back on is of importance as the striker undergoes a personally-tailored fitness regime at Chadwell Heath to get him back into shape.

Silva, who has moved his sister over from Portugal to live with him as he recovers from the arduous summer he's undergone, has posted on his Instagram patch a teasing "back soon" image of him in his boots as he continues his recovery.

The striker was named in the Hammers 23-man Premier League squad, revealed on Tuesday, as the Hammers decided to sell Javier Hernandez to Sevilla for £7m on the European transfer deadline day.

That had left just Sebastien Haller and Albian Ajeti as the senior strikers in the squad. Silva made his first team debut for the club away at Burnley in 2018 and his first start against Birmingham City in the FA Cup back in January before a hernia injury ruled him out for the majority of the rest of the season.

The U23s struggled in his absence as the Hammers youngsters were relegated from division one of PL2.