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Q: 2023/24 Hopes & aspirations for this season
a. As Champions of Europe there's no reason we shouldn't be pushing for a top 7 spot & a run in the Cups
24%
  
b. Last season was a trophy winning one and there's only one way to go after that, I expect a dull mid table bore fest of a season
17%
  
c. Buy some f***ing players or we're in a battle to stay up & that's as good as it gets
18%
  
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3%
  



Eggbert Nobacon 11:10 Fri Nov 4
Oxford injured - Signed new deal
just when may have got a chance too

http://www.essexlive.news/yet-another-injury-blow-for-west-ham-as-oxford-is-ruled-out-for-a-month/story-29867946-detail/story.html


OS (16-12-16)

West Ham United are delighted to announce that highly-rated defender Reece Oxford has signed a new four-and-a-half-year contract with the east London Club.

Despite strong interest from some of the biggest teams in the country including Manchester United, Manchester City and Arsenal, Oxford was thrilled to pledge his long-term future to the Hammers.

Oxford is rated one of the best young talents in the English game and has already shown his potential when he became the second youngest-ever player in the Premier League last season.

The tall, ball-playing defender or midfielder made his competitive debut against Arsenal, aged just 16, and produced an outstanding display in a 2-0 victory at Emirates Stadium.

Manager Slaven Bilic has already shown that he is willing to give his youngsters a run in the team if they are good enough and Oxford says that played a major role in his decision to stay with the east London Club.

West Ham have been renowned for bringing through some of the best young talent in the country and Oxford says he would love to follow in the footsteps of former players such as Rio Ferdinand and Joe Cole and become a major star over the next few years.

Oxford said: “I am happy to have signed my new contract. There was a lot of speculation about my future but I am happy that it has been done and I can get back to football. I just want to kick on now.

“I have made my family proud and hopefully I have made the fans proud that I have signed a new contract. Hopefully I can get into the team and help them throughout the whole season.

“I have a good relationship with the gaffer and hopefully I can get a lot of game time here. I have seen some of the old players like Joe Cole and Rio Ferdinand and I want to follow in their footsteps.

“Hopefully, I can become just as big as them or even bigger. Hopefully, I can step out and follow what they have achieved.”

Bilic was thrilled to see Oxford put pen to paper and feels he has the potential to become a world-class player.

The manager, who had similar qualities to Oxford as a player, has no doubts that the teenager has everything in his game to go right to the very top and feels this is a major coup for the Club.

Bilic said: “I am delighted and it is major news for both the Club and the player that he has committed his long-term future to West Ham United.

“I really believe he has got everything. On paper he has all the abilities to become a world-class player and it is now up to him to train hard and for us to manage him well for him to fulfil it.

“We wanted him to stay and the Board did everything to keep him. The interest from the other big clubs was real and that shows what a big talent he is.

“It is the right decision for him because we are a great Club where he can become a top player.

“He has been out injured but he is now coming back and I believe in him a lot. He is a great prospect and is the leader of the pack when it comes to the younger players.”

Oxford said the prospect of playing at London Stadium in front of nearly 57,000 Hammers fans also played a big part in his decision to stay and feels the Club can achieve big things over the next few years.

The 18-year-old has been forced to miss the last six weeks with an ankle injury, but is expected to resume training next week.

He admitted his biggest dream is to follow in the footsteps of Mark Noble and becoming a future captain of West Ham United.

Oxford added: “This is a great Stadium. We want to pack it out every week and get the fans behind us, like they always are.

“I was fortunate enough to play at London Stadium in the opening game [against NK Domzale in the UEFA Europa League] and it was sold out and that was one of the best days I have had at this Club.

“The fans really get behind you and hopefully we can continue that, as I have always said the West Ham fans are the best in the country because home and away they are always there for you.

“I want to be a part of the squad and help the Club challenge for silverware by winning the FA Cup or Europa League – winning a trophy would be great. My long-term ambitions are to be captain of West Ham United one day.

“I look up to someone like Mark Noble and he has been fantastic towards me. Every day in training he will be getting into me and telling me the right information.

“He wants to make sure that my head is in the game and I am training well. He also wants to ensure I am doing everything right off the pitch and he is a big influence.”

Oxford joined West Ham when he was just 13 and quickly showed his talents as he became one of the best young players in the Hammers Academy.

He was named among the substitutes for the League Cup second-round defeat by Sheffield United on 27 August 2014, aged just 15.

The all-round defender, who strong in the tackle and in the air, as well as being comfortable bringing the ball out from the back, made his U18 debut for the Hammers in a Premier Academy League game at Norwich – even though he was still an U15 schoolboy.

Oxford continued to impress as he made his way up to the Development Squad and was thenhanded a call-up to the first-team in July 2015, when he became West Ham's youngest-ever player when he featured at the Boleyn Ground against Andorrans FC Lusitans in the Europa League.



Bilic was certainly impressed and shocked a number of people in the game when he named Oxford in the starting line-up for the opening game of the season at Arsenal, but the move paid off as the youngster kept Mesut Ozil at bay and showed he could be a major star in the top flight.

Oxford also started against Leicester and went on to make more appearances as a substitute, helping the Club record Premier League wins over Tottenham Hotspur and Everton.

He also managed to end last season with silverware by leading the Development Squad to a memorable win over Hull City in the U21 Premier League Cup.

To complete an amazing 2015/16, the teenager also won the Young Hammer of the Year award in recognition of a terrific breakthrough season.

And after playing for England at every level from U16s to U19s, Oxford now has set his sights on making his breakthrough into the senior squad.

“I have been representing England since the U16s and have been captain of the side. I have progressed through to the U19s and was then pushed up to the U20s last year when we got to the Euros last summer and reached the semi-finals.

“I want to push on again, and with the U20s and U21s being involved in major tournaments next summer I would love to be a part of either team. I just want to get playing again.

“Gareth Southgate has shown he is prepared to put the youngsters into the team and hopefully I can catch his attention.”

Replies - In Chronological Order (Show Newest Messages First)

Steven P 11:37 Fri Nov 4
Re: Oxford injured
EGG BUT NO BACON!


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

daveyg 11:38 Fri Nov 4
Re: Oxford injured
Why did Bilic say there are no new injuries and everyone else is fit in his media spin yesterday.
Is Oxford included in the first team set-up?

Eggbert Nobacon 11:39 Fri Nov 4
Re: Oxford injured
maybe it was yesterday he got injured?

Eggbert Nobacon 11:40 Fri Nov 4
Re: Oxford injured
or they only got the diagnosis back yesterday

daveyg 10:20 Fri Nov 4
Re: Oxford injured
heard he
picked it up last Saturday

JayeMPee 12:05 Sat Nov 5
Re: Oxford injured
Apparently injured in training last Saturday and out for 4 weeks, this happens all too often,

franksfat&slow&wank 11:24 Sat Nov 5
Re: Oxford injured
load of shit

Alan 1:43 Sun Nov 13
Re: Oxford injured - new deal close?
New deal close?

wrighty 2:06 Sun Nov 13
Re: Oxford injured - new deal close?
Good stuff if true, let's hope he fulfills his obvious potential soon

Eddie B 12:16 Tue Dec 13
Re: Oxford injured - new deal close?
He turns 18 on Friday, and will apparently sign the contract then.

Fivetide 12:19 Tue Dec 13
Re: Oxford injured - new deal close?
Such a valuable member of the XI

gph 12:46 Tue Dec 13
Re: Oxford injured - new deal close?
That title makes it seem like we're signing him because he's injured... or is that actually the case?

Wouldn't surprise me.

Trevor B 12:50 Tue Dec 13
Re: Oxford injured - new deal close?
gph

it started off as oxford injured

the new deal bit was added later

Lertie Button 4:48 Tue Dec 13
Re: Oxford injured - new deal close?
Will have a long happy career at West Ham, mightent play much or develop as a player but he will have a very happy agent and accountant

franksfat&slow&wank 5:16 Tue Dec 13
Re: Oxford injured - new deal close?
it was close 2 weeks ago

Biggie Biggs 5:29 Tue Dec 13
Re: Oxford injured - new deal close?
"it was close 2 weeks ago "

Doesn't he have to be 18 before he can sign

Eggbert Nobacon 5:31 Tue Dec 13
Re: Oxford injured - new deal close?
as someone else mentioned, he is supposedly waiting to sign on his birthday

Trevor B 5:37 Tue Dec 13
Re: Oxford injured - new deal close?
It might just be that under the terms of his previous contract he can't be offered a new one until a year after the last contract was signed (or it might be stipulated that a new deal kicks in exactly a year later), which was on his 17th birthday.

franksfat&slow&wank 3:10 Wed Dec 14
Re: Oxford injured - new deal close?
Oscar Borg
the next gareth bale, is he banging them in for villa?

BobD 3:47 Wed Dec 14
Re: Oxford injured - new deal close?
Trevor B,

Under 18s can only sign 2 year deals (maximum). He has to wait till his 18th birthday (this Friday) before he can sign a long term deal for anyone.

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