West Ham are poised to recall Reece Burke from his Wigan loan spell in January as cover for their problems at right back.

Although Sam Byram is on his way back from injury the Hammers have been watching Burke closely at the Championship club Wigan where he has been performing well on the right side of defence since breaking into the team permanently over the last half a dozen games.

And he was on the mark with his first goal for the club in the 2-1 win over Huddersfield at the weekend.

Burke will have spent a season and a half on loan since Slaven Bilic’s arrival and has received rave reports having picked up a clutch of awards last year when leaving Bradford.

Now it may well be his chance has come to break into the first team set up as the Hammers look to iprove dramatically over the second half of the season.