West Ham star Reece Oxford praises Keanan Bennetts after Tottenham departure

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Bennetts has left Tottenham to join Oxford at Borussia Monchengladbach.

West Ham United defender Reece Oxford has heaped huge praise on former Tottenham Hotspur youngster Keanan Bennetts in an interview with German newspaper Bild, as quoted by Goal reporter Ronan Murphy on Twitter.

The 19-year-old has completed a move to join Oxford’s loan side Borussia Monchengladbach, where the latter has spent this season on loan.

Spurs allowed Bennetts to leave despite shining in Spurs’ Under-23 side this season. He joins a number of players to move from British sides to the Bundesliga, including Oxford, Jadon Sancho, Ademola Lookman and David Bates.

Gladbach are also keen on tying up a permanent deal for Oxford which would see the two England youth internationals team up, and Oxford spoke highly despite the Spurs-West Ham rivalry between the duo.

“Keanan is still a year younger than me, so I never played with him. But he has a strong left foot, is incredibly fast, a very good player,” Oxford said.

Making 32 league and cup appearances for Spurs’ second string this season, the versatile left-footer has scored nine goals and laid on an impressive eight assists despite playing at left-back during the season.

Spurs are said to be due a compensation fee for Bennetts, despite his transfer to foreign side. Whether he can have the impact of either Sancho or Lookman, though, remains to be seen.