Ward-Prowse Goes On Loan Again

West Ham United’s big day of movement continues. The club announced this morning that Brighton and Hove Albion had cut short defender Igor Julio’s loan deal, before news of Adama Traoré’s switch from Fulham was made public. Then, earlier this evening, newly-promoted club Burnley secured a loan deal for midfielder James Ward-Prowse to make the move to Turf Moor for the rest of the current campaign.

The Clarets, like his parent club are battling relegation but Scott Parker’s side are currently five points behind the Hammers in the Premier League table.

Hopefully this will be a more successful loan spell for Ward-Prowse than the one that he endured last season at Nottingham Forest where he only played five times and was under the stewardship of current Irons’ Head-Coach Nuno Espírito Santo.

The 30 year old was reunited with Espírito Santo when the former Wolverhampton Wanderers and Tottenham Hotspur boss was appointed as Graham Potter’s successor just hours after Potter was relieved of his duties and only on Saturday was he named as a substitute in their 3-1 home win against another Premier League newcomer in the shape of Sunderland but did not come off the bench, meaning he still hasn’t played a single minute under the Portuguese.

Ironically, after missing out on the chance to play the Black Cats last weekend, he could make his debut against Sunderland at The Stadium of Light just nine days on from his last appearance as a Hammer. The Clarets make the trip to Wearside on Monday night.

The good news for West Ham though is that under the Premier League’s rules of players being ineligible to play against their parent clubs, he will not feature for Parker’s side, as they face West Ham in what is another crucial game on February 7.

Lucas Paquetá’s transfer to Brazilian club Flamengo is yet to be completed but as soon as it has been finalised, this site will have coverage of the move. This will also be the place that supporters can read all the news ahead of Monday’s deadline.