Daniel Cummings is now a summer target for West Ham after the club gave up on attempts to sign the striker from Celtic on deadline day.
The Hammers will now work on finalising a pre-contract agreement for the 18-year-old to join in the summer.
That is after Celtic rejected two bids from West Ham, who had wanted the forward to join them this month.
Scottish youth international Cummings has agreed personal terms with West Ham but has not been allowed to leave in the current window, with Celtic expecting to receive £350,000 if a deal to sell Cummings to the Hammers can be completed.
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Standard Sport understands he would then join up with them in the summer.
Cummings, born in 2006, has scored 18 goals in as many games for Celtic’s B team in the Lowland League this season. He made an 11-minute cameo for the senior team in the 4-2 defeat to Aston Villa last week in the Europa League.
West Ham are already closing in on signing a striker on deadline day, with Evan Ferguson having completed his medical on Sunday ahead of a six-month loan move from Brighton.
The Hammers have also welcomed James Ward-Prowse back to the London Stadium, after his loan with Nottingham Forest was terminated early by mutual consent.
