West Ham United’s Reece Oxford is already injured, confirmed David Moyes.
David Moyes has revealed to West Ham United fan website Knees Up Mother Brown that he doesn’t expect linked-away Reece Oxford to play any part when the Irons visit Tottenham Hotspur tomorrow night.
The 19-year-old defender only returned to West Ham on Sunday after his season-long loan at Borussia Monchengladbach was cut short late last month.
It remains to be seen what kind of role Moyes envisages for the teenager who, according to Sky Sports, was the subject of a £10 million bid by the German side yesterday.
Moyes was without centre-halves Jose Fonte and James Collins for Tuesday’s dramatic 2-1 win over West Bromwich Albion and the Scottish boss has revealed that Oxford has joined the walking wounded, though it’s not yet clear how serious his sprained ankle is.
He said on KUMB: “Reece Oxford kicked the ground in training. He kicked the ground and it’s given him a sprained ankle so he probably might not be fit for Thursday.”
Moyes stopped short on offering a prognosis but if it’s a lengthy one then it might well see him stay in East London beyond the transfer window, despite reported interest.
Oxford might’ve made Moyes’s matchday squad for the trip across London to Wembley tomorrow, depending on Collins’s issue, but Declan Rice’s presence means that the Hammers aren’t totally short on alternatives to Angelo Ogbonna or Winston Reid.
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