West Ham have negotiated the return of James Ward-Prowse from his loan move to Nottingham Forest.

The former Southampton captain was made available by the previous Head Coach and his team, with Forest taking the midfielder on a season long loan, however its now been agreed Ward-Prowse will head back to east London to work under Graham Potter.

Club insider ExWHUEmployee reported on the situation on The West Ham Way Patreon, advising that the new Head Coach is keen to work with the dead-ball specialist, with Ex advising that he’ll certainly remain now at West Ham for the rest of the season at least.

“West Ham have agreed to take back JWP’s wages and not take the full season loan fee,” reported Ex. “This is something that we discussed could happen on recent podcasts and following his absence from the Forest squad this weekend it was deemed best for both parties.

“JWP will remain at West Ham for the remainder of the season because he played for us at the start of the season and then for Forest and by FIFA rulings you can only play for 2 clubs in one season. Potter is said to be keen to work with the player.”