According to a recent report from the Evening Standard, West Ham defender Reece Burke is looking to make a loan move to the Championship for the coming season.
The promising defender signed a new long-term deal with the club in recent days on a contract that will keep him at the club until the summer of 2020, but the youngster is well aware that first-team opportunities will be hard to come by this season.
This season for me, another loan move may happen for me. I think I’m going to try and do Championship – the next step – and see how the season goes hopefully playing Championship football and I’ll hopefully get another load of games under my belt.
The 19-year-old is no stranger to loan moves into the lower divisions of English football, having spent last season on loan in League One playing for Bradford City.
I want to build on that experience and come back next year even better, just similarly building like I did last season.
Hopefully I could have a similarly positive season this year in the Championship.
The step up from League One to the Championship would be sure to provide a good test for Burke and it would bee a good show of his ability at such a young age.
Although he appreciates that he will not get too many chances with West Ham this season, he is hoping Slaven Bilic will consider him for Thursday night’s Europa League tie against Astra Giurgiu.
I’m hoping to be involved and if Slaven asks me to do a job anywhere on the pitch I’ll definitely be up for it. The club has a few centre-halves this season so there’s a lot of competition there. If he asks me, I’m just going to say ‘Yes’.
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