Castillo in contention for City debut

Mexico striker Nery Castillo is in contention to make his Manchester City debut in tomorrow’s FA Cup third-round tie at West Ham.

The 23-year-old has had to wait patiently to make his City bow after his year-long loan move from Shakhtar Donetsk last month, but manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has confirmed he has received international clearance to play and he will travel to Upton Park.

Otherwise Eriksson will choose from the same squad who claimed their second away win of the season at Newcastle this week, with the Swede vowing to pick his strongest possible XI.

Provisional squad: Hart, Isaksson, Onuoha, Corluka, Sun, Dunne, Richards, Garrido, Ball, Ireland, Hamann, Elano, Fernandes, Geovanni, Petrov, Mpenza, Vassell, Bianchi, Samaras, Castillo.