Clause confirmed, West Ham talent Reece Oxford urged to copy Chelsea ace

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West Ham’s Reece Oxford is currently at Borussia Moenchengladbach.

West Ham talent Reece Oxford is being urged to stick it out at Borussia Moenchengladbach.

Sporting director Max Eberl has told The Times that he can be a success at the club if he works hard, after an unproductive loan spell so far.

Eberl says Oxford must look at the way Chelsea defender Andreas Christensen has benefitted from his time at Moenchengladbach, with the Dane going on to make six Premier League appearances for Chelsea this season.

Eberl said: “To me, it would make no sense for Reece to go back in December. The example for him is Christensen — not an English player, but another top, talented defender from a Premier League club.

“Andreas played two years here at the top level, made a huge improvement and is now playing for Chelsea.

Eberl confirmed that West Ham do have a clause to recall Oxford if they see fit, but he hopes to convince them this will not be required, with Oxford in line to get more playing time after a slow start.

He said: “Yes, there is a clause that they could take him back in December if he plays too few games, but we hope to be able to show Reece and West Ham very soon that he can have a perfect development here this season.”

Oxford made his debut for West Ham two seasons ago but has found establishing himself in their first team tough.

The move to Germany was supposed to provide him with an easier path to first team football, but Oxford is being deemed as not quite ready yet.

Eberl is putting together an interesting case that he should stay, but if it gets to January with no improvement, Oxford may not want to risk losing another six months spent on the sidelines.