Bojinov set to start for City

Sven-Goran Eriksson is waiting on international clearance for summer arrivals Vedran Corluka and Valeri Bojinov before deciding his starting line-up for tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League trip to West Ham.

Even if the Manchester City boss is given the green light, Bojinov is the only one likely to feature as Corluka was forced to return home to Croatia last night to ensure he got an official stamp in his passport.

Unless Eriksson can find a goalkeeper from somewhere, England Under-21 international Joe Hart will be handed his Premier League debut in a side likely to contain five of Eriksson’s eight new signings. Emile Mpenza (hamstring) and Andreas Isaksson (fractured finger) are both out.

Team (from): Hart, Schmeichel, Onuoha, Sun, Richards, Dunne, Corluka, Garrido, Ball, Hamann, Geovanni, Fernandes, Elano, Ireland, Johnson, Petrov, Bianchi, Vassell, Samaras, Bojinov, Corradi.