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Manuel Lanzini could make his long-awaited return to West Ham’s squad on Friday.

Playmaker Lanzini has been sidelined since June when he suffered a ruptured anterior knee ligament injury while in training with Argentina.

The horror injury wrecked his hopes of playing for his country at last summer’s World Cup.

And, at the time, the damage was deemed so serious there were fears he might not play this season.

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But after light training on his own for around a month, Lanzini has been able to take part in full training this week and could be rewarded with a place in Manuel Pellegrini’s squad to face Fulham .

January signing Samir Nasri is also fit again after a calf problem and Pellegrini said: “For this game we have the squad which played most of the games and maybe Lanzini and Nasri can be included on that squad list.

“They worked the complete week. We will talk to the medical staff about whether we can use them.

“All four playmakers in our squad were injured, which is always difficult, so the return of both of them injects more quality into the squad.

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“Manuel is a player who gives you different things, he is very fast and a very technical player.

“Last season Marko Arnautovic had a good season and a lot of that was down to Manuel providing him with good passes and good assists.”

Next week will be decisive for Jack Wilshere with fears growing that he might not play again this season.

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Wilshere has been missing since the start of December due to more ankle issues.

Pellegrini said: “We will analyse Jack Wilshere next week, then we will be more clear about his future.”

West Ham took advantage of a break in their schedule to travel to Spain for a five-day training camp in Marbella.

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And Pellegrini added: “The mood of the squad is very good.

“We used the time away to get all the players together to re-focus on our project and now we are ready for the end of the season.

“Now, we have the option to play at home to Fulham. It’s a tricky game against a team fighting not to be relegated.”