West Ham have no intention of making Reece Oxford’s loan deal at Borrusia Monchengladbach permanent!

Stories were circulating a couple of weeks ago that the teenager was set for an £8 million switch to the Bundesliga outfit.

And the speculation has been gaining pace since he broke into the first team, giving a particularly impressive performance against Hamburg on Friday evening.

Reece played in a holding midfield role and showed himself to be a hugely composed operator. He has also appeared to have matured physically and in front of a huge crowd looked entirely at home.

But any thoughts that he could be sold were firmly rejected by a senior club insider who said: “It has taken him a while to break into the team but we now hope he will get exactly the kid of experience we wanted for him.

“We are monitoring his progress very closely and see him as returning to West Ham for pre-season next summer.”