Reece Oxford is heading to Reading on loan to the end of the season.
The Championship club have agreed to pay his £10,000-per-week wages and he is expected to sign for Reading, whose big addition in this window has been Thiago Ilori from Liverpool.
It was a late move from Reading to sign the starlet on loan. Nottingham Forest had been considered favourites until Jaap Stam enquired.
Oxford hasn't played for West Ham in the Premier League this season and spoke with Slaven Bilic about his quest for first-team football.