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Allardyce happy with quality of West Ham squad

West Ham United boss Sam Allardyce says he's satisfied with the quality of his squad.

James Tomkins, Ravel Morrison, Matt Jarvis, Carl Jenkinson and Andy Carroll are currently sidelined.

Allardyce said: "When everyone is fit our squad runs at the same level as most teams around our level.

"We will have about 23 players and we can have 25 only. So if they all get fit and we don't get as many injuries then we will be ok.

"We have players who are not ready to play as well like (new signings) Enner Valencia and Diafra Sakho.

"They have to feel their way into the Premier League so further down the line when they have the experience and the injured players come back, we will be much better in strength in depth."

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