Irons won’t stand in defender’s way should offer arrive
With Manuel Pellegrini keeping the closest possible eye on the Under 23s and academy products it speaks volumes that he has shown no real interest in the £20k a week teenager.
The player has made it clear recently that if there is no chance of him breaking through at the club he is keen to move on with his preference thought to be for for Germany where he was settled on loan last season before being called back to London.
And the club are hoping that either Borrusia Monchengladbach or another club interested last season – FC Leipzig – move this winter to take the 19 year old.
Oxford’s chances of breaking into Pellegrini’s thinking are close to zero given he has Fabian Balbuena, Issa Diop, Angerlo Ogbonna as central defensive options and Winston Reid on his way back from injury. And should there be an emergency he also has added cover in the shape of Declan Reid.
Oxford has been doing most of the pushing publicly in his bid to get away but the club have no intention of standing in his way should an offer come in.