West Ham United youngster Reece Oxford has admitted that he may need to leave the Hammers because of his lack of first-team opportunities, according to a report on Sky Sports.
The 19-year-old has been overlooked by manager Manuel Pellegrini so far this season and has said that he is not happy with his current situation at the club.
Oxford enjoyed two successful loan spells in the German Bundesliga with Borussia Monchengladbach but was kept at West Ham during the summer transfer window.
The highly-rated West Ham Academy product has found it hard to break into the first team and said:
I sit on the settee and feel angry. I don’t want to be there – I want to be on the pitch, playing against these big teams. I’ve just got to find my way. Things can change round at West Ham in a week.
I think (Manuel) Pellegrini believes if you are training hard you can get in, and I look at Grady (Diangana). He’s kicking on now and I want that to be me.
But if I am not playing, I hope West Ham would look kindly on my situation and let me go, because there is no point being 20 and not around the first team. Hopefully, everyone wants me to fulfil the potential they have seen.
The club has done a lot for me. Given me my debut, made me the player I am. I could never talk down the club but right now I need to be playing and if West Ham are not playing me, I’ve got to move on and part ways.
Borussia Monchengladbach are reportedly monitoring Oxford’s situation and would be happy to sign the English defender if he decides to leave the Hammers.
Summer-signings Issa Diop and Fabian Balbuena have cemented their first-team positions at centre-back, making it hard for Oxford to get a chance.
