Joe Powell has penned a one-year deal with West Ham United.

The 20-year-old excelled for the Irons at U21 and U23 level before registering two assists on his first-team debut in the EFL Cup thrashing of Macclesfield Town in September and spending the latter part of the season on loan at League Two club Northampton Town.

Powell was happy to extend his stay with his boyhood club and is now planning to catch the eye of manager Manuel Pellegrini and his staff in the hope of securing a regular role at senior level.

“I'm delighted as I've got another year now to try and prove myself and hopefully this is the one where I push on into the first-team squad," he told whufc.com.

“I can't wait for pre-season to start now and hopefully I can have a much better season than I did last year, then West Ham will want me to stay for the long term."