Southampton boss Mark Hughes expects Charlie Austin to be back after the international break.

Hughes admits they need Austin's goalscoring power to start climbing the table.

He said: "Speaking with Charlie the last two days he is really encouraged by how it's going.

"He won't be involved this weekend and the international break is coming up and we feel we have a chance to integrate him for short periods next week and we could get game time with him on the grass with him and if we can do that we can speed up his progress.

"I don't want to put too much pressure on Charlie and his situation but if we can get him ready for West Ham then clearly it's a massive positive for us."