Reece Oxford is close to signing a new long-term contract at West Ham, according to Sky sources. The highly-rated 17-year-old is expected to put pen to paper on his new deal this week following lengthy negotiations.Contract talks between Oxford and the Hammers began earlier this year, with defender rejecting the clubs initial offer in May. Watch NOW TV Watch Sky Sports for just ￡6.99. No contract. Oxford, whose current contract expires in 2018, has previously been linked with a move away from West Ham, with Manchester United mted as potential suitors.He has featured just twice for Slaven Bilics side this season, both appearances coming in the Europa League, and is currently recovering from an ankle ligament injury sustained in training. Oxford featured 12 times in total for West Ham during his breakthrough season Oxford became the youngest Premier League player in West Hams history when he started their opening game of the 2015/16 season - a 2-0 win away at Arsenal.He appeared a further six times in the Premier League as West Ham ended the season in seventh place - their highest finish in the top-flight since 2002.Oxford has also been capped by England in all age groups up to the U20 level. Also See: Cresswell relishes England call WATCH: Antonio in the picture Cresswells Liverpl rejection West Ham: No Payet crisis talks Jimmie Foxx Red Sox Jersey .ca lks back at the stories and moments that made the year memorable. Brian Johnson Jersey .J. -- Josh Cribbs was in the Pro Bowl in February and out of a job six months later. https://www.cheapredsox.com/2301z-heath-hembree-jersey-red-sox.html . Kiriasis and brakeman Franziska Fritz finished two runs in one minute 55.41 seconds -- a mere 0.01 seconds ahead of Meyers and Lolo Jones, who likely bolstered her Olympic hopes by helping give USA-1 a huge push in the second heat. Michael Chavis Jersey . President of baseball operations Larry Beinfest was fired Friday after 12 years with the Marlins. The move came as the team neared the end of its third consecutive last-place season in the NL East. Marco Hernandez Jersey . But now that hes in the NHL, the Calgary Flames centre showed big improvement in that department by scoring the winner in the eighth round of a 5-4 shtout victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Monday.Ronald Koeman was disappointed with Evertons first-half display as they required an 89th-minute header from Seamus Coleman to draw 1-1 with Swansea. Everton fell behind just before the break when Gylfi Sigurdsson scored from the spot after Phil Jagielka brought him down.Coleman popped up late on to level, although Everton had failed to create any telling chances in the second half despite upping the pace. The result left Koeman questioning why Everton failed to get out the blocks in the opening 45 minutes. Everton 1-1 Swansea Its wasnt the result youd expect before the game, but there was a big difference between the first and second half, Koeman told Sky Sports.It was really flat and there was less aggression. We had to start the game how we did in the second half, because that was a different team. We made it more difficult for our opponents. Soton vs Everton November 27, 2016, 4:15pm Live on Get Sky Sports Get a Sky Sports pass We spoke about it before the match but maybe it was a question of confidence after the 5-0 defeat against Chelsea.dddddddddddd I dont know, because we spoke about starting aggressively, not like that.Evertons defeat to Chelsea came a fortnight ago, and Koeman also refused to blame the resulting international break on their slow start. Reaction from Swansea manager Bob Bradley after the 1-1 draw at Everton What I dont like is to find excuses because you need to be aggressive when you start the game. That was my question to the players, Koeman added.We made it very comfortable for them, we were not winning one-on-one duels. But we know they can play gd ftball and they made it very difficult.If you learn from lessons then its not a problem. I hope they will learn how we need to play, and that was in the second half. Also See: Everton 1-1 Swansea As it happened Premier League video Fixtures ' ' '