Injuries, injuries, injuries.
This summer, and the beginning of the new season, has seen the return of our injury curse.
Manuel Lanzini, Andre Ayew, Aaron Cresswell and Andy Carroll are all long term injury concerns, and Slaven Bilic will need to find a way of ensuring the loss of four key players doesn’t affect our fortunes on the pitch too much.
Today we host Bournemouth in the first ever Premier League game at the London Stadium, and it’s difficult to know how Bilic will line up against Eddie Howe’s side.
But here’s our best guess.
