West Ham fan taken to hospital after violence before Europa tie in Frankfurt

West Ham United's Declan Rice (centre) during a training session at Rush Green Training Ground, Romford. Bradley Collyer/PA Wire.

A group of West Ham United fans were attacked and one was taken to hospital with slight injuries on Wednesday before Thursday’s Europa League semi-final second leg against Eintracht Frankfurt, German police said.

Police said in a statement that two vans stopped outside a pub where West Ham fans had gathered in the early hours of Wednesday.