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REECE Burke knows scoring an FA Cup winner for West Ham won't necessarily guarantee him first team football at West Ham.
After putting the Hammers into the fourth round with an extra time volley against Shrewsbury Town the defender will now sit down with manager David Moyes to discuss his next move.
Wanderers want both Burke and Josh Cullen back on loan and after the euphoria of Tuesday night, the 21-year-old knows he now has a big decision to make.
“It was a proud moment for me and my family," he said of his goal. "I didn’t really know what to do with myself when I scored and it’s a moment in my life I will never forget.
“I would like to stay here but for a young player like me it’s all about getting game time and if I’m not going to play regularly then I know Bolton are also still interested in me and maybe it would be better to go back there.
“That’s a discussion I need to have with the manager in the next few days. You have to work your way up and being here and sitting on the bench is not ideal. I just want to play football. But you have to be a man, do the cooking, cleaning and all the things you don’t want to do. You have to grow up.”
West Ham are missing the likes of Jose Fonte, Winston Reid and Reece Oxford at present, which has handed both Burke and Cullen some unexpected game time since they returned to the capital at the start of the month.
Hammers assistant Alan Irvine teed-up the youngsters' return, speaking before the Shrewsbury game.
“We wanted them to come back, and we needed them because of the situation prior to the first game,” said the Scot. “The two of them have impressed us since they’ve been back.”
As Burke and Cullen have now played for two clubs this season league rules state they can only now be loaned back out to Bolton, or remain in the capital.
A number of clubs had expressed interest in snatching the youngsters from under Wanderers’ nose, with Peterborough director of football Barry Fry admitting he thought a deal for Cullen was “sewn up”.
With injured players due back in the forseeable future, Irvine has not ruled out the possibility of them returning to Bolton by the end of the month.
“We don’t want to stop their development either,” he said. “If we feel they won’t get sufficient time for us, and we can afford to do it because senior players will be involved instead, we will look at that.
“The boys are aware we aren’t going to keep them here and sit them in the stands.”
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After putting the Hammers into the fourth round with an extra time volley against Shrewsbury Town the defender will now sit down with manager David Moyes to discuss his next move.
Wanderers want both Burke and Josh Cullen back on loan and after the euphoria of Tuesday night, the 21-year-old knows he now has a big decision to make.
“It was a proud moment for me and my family," he said of his goal. "I didn’t really know what to do with myself when I scored and it’s a moment in my life I will never forget.
“I would like to stay here but for a young player like me it’s all about getting game time and if I’m not going to play regularly then I know Bolton are also still interested in me and maybe it would be better to go back there.
“That’s a discussion I need to have with the manager in the next few days. You have to work your way up and being here and sitting on the bench is not ideal. I just want to play football. But you have to be a man, do the cooking, cleaning and all the things you don’t want to do. You have to grow up.”
West Ham are missing the likes of Jose Fonte, Winston Reid and Reece Oxford at present, which has handed both Burke and Cullen some unexpected game time since they returned to the capital at the start of the month.
Hammers assistant Alan Irvine teed-up the youngsters' return, speaking before the Shrewsbury game.
“We wanted them to come back, and we needed them because of the situation prior to the first game,” said the Scot. “The two of them have impressed us since they’ve been back.”
As Burke and Cullen have now played for two clubs this season league rules state they can only now be loaned back out to Bolton, or remain in the capital.
A number of clubs had expressed interest in snatching the youngsters from under Wanderers’ nose, with Peterborough director of football Barry Fry admitting he thought a deal for Cullen was “sewn up”.
With injured players due back in the forseeable future, Irvine has not ruled out the possibility of them returning to Bolton by the end of the month.
“We don’t want to stop their development either,” he said. “If we feel they won’t get sufficient time for us, and we can afford to do it because senior players will be involved instead, we will look at that.
“The boys are aware we aren’t going to keep them here and sit them in the stands.”
http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/wanderers/15847900.Burke__Maybe_it_would_be_better_to_go_back_to_Wanderers/