Nuno Espirito Santo has praised James Ward-Prowse for his professionalism after being frozen out by the West Ham manager.

Ward-Prowse has yet to be included in a matchday squad since Nuno took charge of West Ham two months ago, and now looks likely to leave the club in January.

The midfielder was a mainstay under Graham Potter, starting each of West Ham’s first five Premier League games, but has since been frozen out.

Ward-Prowse’s exclusion under Nuno has been exacerbated by the Portuguese instead giving several players cast out under Potter a second chance.

This includes fellow midfielders Andy Irving and Luis Guilherme, who Nuno has handed rare starts to as he looks to turn around the club’s fortunes.

Irving last month against Brentford, made his first Premier League start sin

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