Young Tottenham Hotspur and Northern Ireland playmaker Jamie Donley didn't start a league game during the first half of the season on loan at Stoke City
Jamie Donley is set for a speedy new loan deal to be sorted out following his mid-season release from Stoke City.
The 20-year-old playmaker returned to parent club Tottenham Hotspur just hours into the January transfer window after finding game time hard to come by at the bet365 Stadium.
He started two Carabao Cup ties early in the campaign but only cameos in the Championship and none since October. This was his first test at this level after impressing as last season went on out at Leyton Orient in League One.
The Northern Ireland youngster has been linked with Steven Schumacher's Bolton Wanderers - although former Stoke boss Schumacher played down rumours - and is now reported to be close to a switch to Oxford United, who have just sacked another former manager, Gary Rowett.
FootballLeagueWorld claim the deal is "set to be confirmed within the coming days" and he will be tasked with trying to help pull out of the relegation zone. Oxford are currently second bottom, three points behind fourth-bottom Portsmouth and five adrift of fifth-bottom Blackburn.
Former Swansea head coach Alan Sheehan is being linked with the vacancy at Oxford, where Craig Short is currently in caretaker charge. Stoke host Oxford on February 25.
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