West Ham United star Manuel Lanzini is excited to catch up with his international teammates during Thursday's Europa League clash with Sevilla.

The Hammers will need to beat one of the most successful Europa League teams of all time in order to reach the quarter-finals stage.

And Lanzini is excited to see fellow Argentinians Erik Lamela, Lucas Ocampos and Papu Gomez when West Ham travel to Andalusia on Thursday.

"I have a lot of friends there," Lanzini said.

"There are a lot of Argentinean players at Sevilla. I've played with all of them, and it's going to be good to see them again.

"Montiel, Gómez, Acuña … I played with Lamela, Montiel and Ocampos at River Plate, and the other boys I played in the national team.

"They're really very good guys. It's going to be good to see them again."