Hammers midfielder Josh Cullen has admitted that he could again be heading out on loan as part of his bid to eventually become  part of the Hammers first team set-up.

Deadline Day for loans to League Cups and the academy prospect may be on his way admitting: “Yeah, there have been a lot of conversations going on”

With the summer arrival of Jack Wilshere and fellow academy prospect Declan Rice’s move to a midfield role, Cullen is open to another spell away from east London.

He told the London Evening Standard: “It’s not that I’ve decided totally whether I am staying or going; at the minute I’m here, just taking each day as it comes and trying to impress the manager.

“First and foremost I want to be playing for West Ham, but if the manager says to me ‘there’s the right loan there’ then I’ll go and get some games up until January, come back and look at it then.

“I haven’t put a time limit on it, I’m still striving for it so whether that is coming and playing in the [U]23s, going out on loan or staying and learning off a top manager and brilliant players at the club, whatever is best for me.

“Nothing has been decided yet. The end target is always to play for West Ham and get in the first team.”