Ex-Sunderland striker Niall Quinn has insisted that "a star is born" after watching Reece Oxford make his Premier League debut for West Ham United at Arsenal.

The 16-year-old midfielder impressed as the Hammers won 2-0 at the Emirates Stadium, and Quinn has labelled his display as "outstanding".

He told Sky Sports News: "They were excellent and the young lad, young Reece Oxford in the middle of the field – well that's dream stuff, to say a star is born it's absolutely true.

"The kid's not only broken some phenomenal records and played the game, he was outstanding. I kept a real close eye on him, sometimes off the ball he'd turn around and give out instructions, pointing fingers, letting things develop.

"He had a maturity today which was so hard to understand because you think he's going to be lost out there and that all the others players are going to have to rally round him and it was the exact opposite."

Oxford could make his first league start at Upton Park next week when West Ham host Leicester City.