West Ham are facing a fight to keep highly-rated youngster Reece Burke.

A host of Premier League clubs including Manchester City and Southampton are plotting moves for the Hammers academy graduate.

Newcastle have also shown a firm interest in the talented 19-year-old.

West Ham are facing a fight to keep highly-rated youngster Reece Burke in east London this summer

Manchester City and Southampton are plotting moves for the academy graduate in the transfer window

Burke’s current deal expires at the end of next season, but talks over an extension are yet to get underway.

And the Hammers' rivals are planning to take advantage of any uncertainty regarding Burke’s contractual situation.

The Upton Park club have high hopes for Burke and would be loathe to lose him.

Burke was sent on loan to Bradford last season and the defender featured 34 times for the Bantams

Newcastle have also shown a firm interest in the talented 19-year-old, who made five appearance in 2014-15

But the growing interest in their starlet may throw a spanner in the works of their hopes of keeping the youngster.

Burke, an England Under-20 international, impressed during a loan spell at Bradford last season making 36 appearances at Valley Parade.