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Gillingham have signed young West Ham midfielder Oliver Lee on loan until Sunday, March 18.

Lee has been on trial with the club for the past couple of weeks, scoring one goal and making another in a Gills XI 5-4 defeat to Chelsea Reserves on Tuesday.

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Lee, 20, is the son of former England international Robert Lee and arrives at MEMS Priestfield Stadium on a youth loan deal. He has previous Football League experience from two loan spells at Dagenham & Redbridge.

He will be available for eight games in his initial spell with the Gills, which keeps him with the club until after the trip to Cheltenham on Saturday, March 17.

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Manager Andy Hessenthaler told the club’s official website: “He’s got a fantastic upbringing at West Ham and I think he’s been told that he’s perhaps not going to get a deal there, so it gives us an opportunity to have a look at him and get him involved with us and a chance to get in the first-team, so we’ll see where that takes us.

He gets up and down. He’s a threat going forward, I’ve got to say. He’s got good legs getting forward, he gets goals and he’s all-action, a bit like his dad was, and if he turns out anything like his dad, we’ve got a good player.

He’s hungry to do well and I think that’s what we need at the moment, some real hungry players, and young players that want to go out there and work their socks off from start to finish. “It’s one that certainly could be for the future, that’s the main thing.”

Lee goes straight into the squad to face Port Vale tomorrow.

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