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West Ham's United Boleyn Ground will play host to an international friendly between Croatia and Argentina next month, according to reports.

For the first (and possibly the last!) time ever, the likes of Lionel Messi, Gonzalo Higuaín and Éver Banega will strut their stuff at West Ham's famous old ground, according to Steven Goff of the Washington post.

After a planned clash between the United States and Croatia at Fulham's Craven Cottage ground fell through, the South Americans stepped in to provide an opponent for the European side with the venue now set to be switched from West to East London.

The game could also mark the return to Upton Park for both Javier Mascherano (Barcelona) and Carlos Tevez (Juventus), although the latter has failed to make recent Argentina squads.

Croatia, despite not featuring a single UK-based player in their current squad still boast one or two major continental stars such as midfielder Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona) and Dnipro's Ivan Strinic, both of whom are well-known across the continent.

Meanwhile any Hammers fans present may also be able to get a glimpse of Rijeka's young striker Andrej Kramaric, who was linked with a move to West Ham earlier this month.




The game is provisionally scheduled to take place on Wednesday, 12th November. The US will instead face Columbia at Craven Cottage on the same evening.

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