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Sam Inkersole

West Ham fans are loving what Manuel Pellegrini has done to face Watford on final day

West Ham supporters are loving the starting line up that Manuel Pellegrini has named for the Hammers final game of the Premier League season away at Watford.

On paper, the boss has named arguably his strongest eleven he has had available to him all season spanning 38 games as for the first time, he has had a wrealth of options available to him.

So much so that the likes of Samir Nasri, Lucas Perez, Pedro Obiang, Aaron Cresswell and Grady Diangana are not in the squad whatsoever for the game as the Chilean has been able to name a strong bench as well.

The Hammers manager has made two changes from the the 3-0 win over Southampton last time out as Declan Rice and Felipe Anderson return in place of Obiang and Diangana. The duo were ruled out of the Saints win through illness.

Confirmed West Ham line up vs Watford: Rice & Anderson back, Perez, Creswell, Nasri not in squad  

The rest of the side is unchanged from the victory at London Stadium as Hammer of the Year Lukasz Fabianski lines up in goal once again infront of a back four of Ryan Fredericks, Issa Diop, Fabian Balbuena and Arthur Masuaku.

Manuel Pellegrini on the touchline at London Stadium (Marc Atkins/Getty Images)

Rice returns alongside Mark Noble and Manuel Lanzini in midfield, while Anderson joins Michail Antonio and Marko Arnautovic up front for the visitors.

West Ham's co-owners see personal fortunes increase by £60m to whopping £1.6bn  

Below is some of the best reaction to the Hammers lineup announced by Pellegrini for the game today.

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