Newcastle vs West Ham team news: Jonjo Shelvey makes debut for the Magpies
Former Swansea midfielder is in Steve McClaren's starting line-up for the visit of West Ham
New Newcastle United signing Jonjo Shelvey is in line to make his debut for the Magpies after being named in the line-up to face West Ham this afternoon.
The former Swansea City man joined for a fee believed to be in the region of £12m this week and makes an immediate entrance at St James’ Park.
Other January signing Henri Saivet is on the bench for the hosts – who are in the bottom three.
West Ham boss Slavan Bilic, on the other hand, has both Enner Valencia and Dimitri Payet to call upon for the long trip to the North East.
LINE-UPS:
Newcastle United: Elliot, Coloccini, Janmaat, Dummett, Mbemba, Wijnaldum, Sissoko, Shelvey, Colback, Mitrovic, Ayoze Perez.
Subs: Darlow, Lascelles, Gouffran, Saivet, Aarons, Toney, Riviere.
West Ham: Adrian, Tomkins, Collins, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Obiang, Noble, Kouyate, Antonio, Payet, Valencia.
Subs: Randolph, Jenkinson, Reid, Song, Cullen, Moses, Jelavic.
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