LUCAS MUST LISTEN & LEARN

MANUEL PELLEGRINI says it would take “too long” to explain all the reasons why Lucas Perez does not start for West Ham.

The £4million summer signing from Arsenal

(right) came off the bench in midweek to score twice in the 3-1 win over Cardiff. With first-choice striker Marko Arnautovic out for a month, the Spaniard may make his first league start for the Hammers. But Pellegrini reckons Perez still needs L-plates – even though he is 30 and has been in England since 2016.

The Chilean said: “What does he need to learn?

“We cannot talk about that, it is too long. But you must be able to hear what a manager is telling you – and if you don’t you are not able to play.”