West Ham V Leicester - view commentary, squad, and statistics of the game live.Ogbonna buys into Bilic's visionAngelo Ogbonna has revealed Slaven Bilic sold him on his vision for West Ham and used the lure of regular football to convince him to move to Upton Park.The Italy international picked up two Serie A titles during his time with Juventus and was an unused substitute in May's Champions League final defeat to Barcelona.Since then he has become the second player of the summer - after Dimitri Payet - to move to West Ham for an eight-figure fee but scored an unfortunate own goal on his debut against Astra Giurgiu in the Europa League qualifiers.Ogbonna returned to the heart of Bilic's defence in Sunday's 2-0 victory over London rivals Arsenal and will retain his place alongside Winston Reid for the home game against Leicester.And the 27-year-old said it was talks with Bilic, as well as the promise of first-team football, that saw him leave the relative comfort of Italy's top club to join a side which finished 12th in the Premier League last season."I talked with the manager and he explained to me what he wants to do with this club," Ogbonna told Press Association Sport."The manager sold me the story and I feel it is better for my career to come to West Ham nowI know I will play now and I don't think about last year
I have to think about this year."I am very happy but it (the Arsenal win) was only the first match so we are looking forward and not just thinking about what we did in the first match
We knew it was a difficult game but there are a lot of difficult games so we have to concentrate on the next game and take things step by step."Diafra Sakho will be involved despite his arrest last week, according to boss Bilic.The Senegal striker was arrested of suspicion of assault but Bilic believes he is in the right frame of mind to lead the line against the Foxes, while Carl Jenkinson is available having been ineligible to face parent club Arsenal last weekend and Pedro Obiang is fit to make his debut if called upon.Forwards Andy Carroll and Enner Valencia (both knee) remain sidelined, as does defender Joey O'Brien (hamstring)
Midfielder Morgan Amalfitano is not in contention having been made to train with the youth team following a disagreement with Bilic.Leicester travel looking to build on their winning start to the season, after beginning the campaign with a 4-2 home victory over Sunderland.However, manager Claudio Ranieri was quick to praise the Hammers for their eye-catching result, saying: "They had a very good result, better than us
Who could believe Arsenal would lose the match? I watched the match and West Ham were outstanding."(West Ham manager) Slaven Bilic has really good experience of the national team, he knows West Ham well."I think it will be an open game, they can win, we can win and even a draw is alright."Ranieri is targeting only one more signing before the transfer window closes - with a midfielder the missing piece in the jigsaw for the Leicester manager.The Foxes have brought in five players so far this summer in the shape of Robert Huth, Shinji Okazaki, Christian Fuchs, N'Golo Kante and Yohan Benalouane, with the latter two arriving since Ranieri's appointment a month ago.The Italian's third new addition is likely to be a replacement for Esteban Cambiasso, who played a crucial role in keeping the Midlands club in the Barclays Premier League last season.Leicester have been linked with several midfielders, the latest of which is Napoli's Switzerland international Gokhan Inler, although Ranieri is not keen on the idea of flooding the Foxes team with foreign imports.Asked about his transfer plans, Ranieri said: "One more
A midfielder
I think one is enough
Of course, if two arrive then I'm happy!"Now I work in England I want an English player, because I think it is important to understand the mentality of the nation
In England I want an English player
In Spain I want more Spanish players
In Italy I want Italian players."This is my philosophy
The player who comes must understand the English philosophy - you must play hard until the end of the match."That is important
If you change too much from this then the philosophy could change too much, which is not good."First we choose the English player then we make comparisons with other players and choose which is best for us
But sometimes clubs go abroad because the English player costs too much."Leicester make the trip with only midfielder Matty James set to miss the game due to his knee problem
Source : DSG
Source: DSG