West Ham United have confirmed that young forward Marcus Browne has joined Oxford United on a season-long loan, and some fans have taken to Twitter to react to the move.
As confirmed on the club’s official website, the 20-year-old will join the League One club for the whole 2018/19 season as he seeks valuable first-team minutes.
Some West Ham fans have now reacted on Twitter to the transfer, with many seemingly disappointed after hoping to see the youngster break into the first-team squad this season.
Forever West Ham have rounded up some of the best tweets:
https://twitter.com/Anthony_coyi/status/1021826775779823616
https://twitter.com/Adam_atLDESIGN/status/1021803189081923587
https://twitter.com/lee_arg/status/1022083492354707456
Should’ve kept him until January at least.. Especially with Lanzini injured
— ⚒🇵🇸 (@whudjo) July 25, 2018
Good luck Marcus have a fantastic season, will keep an eye on your progress! Hope to see you full time in claret & blue next year. Peace
— Kev C (@Smackit0) July 25, 2018
Big fan of Marcus Browne; hopefully a loan to Oxford United will result in some much needed game time and he comes back and features in a few cup games. Will be interesting to see how he does and how much, if any, he improves as a result. Good potential.
— Josh V (@WestHamJoshV) July 24, 2018
https://twitter.com/UniQuina/status/1021804504537346048
OPINION
Browne is quite clearly rated very highly by West Ham fans, who will be keenly keeping an eye on his progress in League One this season. The 20-year-old is seen as one of the club’s most promising young players, but there is also a sense that he has not pushed on since his debut in 2016. His last loan spell at Wigan Athletic was not a success, with Browne making just one appearance for the Latics, so fans will be hoping this time around things are a bit different. As long as Browne maintains his professionalism and hard work then he could easily go on to the first-team at the London Stadium, and this year will be the acid test for that.
