West Ham defender Reece Oxford urged to remain in Germany for the sake of his career

REECE OXFORD is being urged to tough it out in Germany for the sake of his career.

The West Ham starlet, 18, could see his Borussia Moenchengladbach loan cut short in January after he failed to crack the first team.

Getty

Getty

But the Bundesliga outfit’s sporting director believes Oxford can follow Andreas Christensen’s rise into the Chelsea side if he knuckles down.

Max Eberl told The Times: “To me, it would make no sense for Reece to go back in December.

“There is a clause that they could take him back 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.

Getty

Rex Features

“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.”

Oxford’s development has stalled since he made his Hammers debut two seasons ago.

Rex Features

His move to Germany was supposed to hand him first-team experience but the England youth international has been an unused substitute in every league game.

And despite Eberl's claims, Oxford will expect to see doors opening soon if he is to remain at the club.

His struggles are in stark contrast to Christensen, who quickly established himself as a key player to earn himself a shot at Stamford Bridge.

Follow all the action from St Mary's with SunSport's live blog

Take a look at the most profitable transfers of ALL time.

And here are the Premier League players whose wages made them the most expensive per minute played.