The 19-year-old has returned to London, West Ham declared on their official website on 9 April. He will be able to play for the Hammers’ Under-21 team but not their main team.

But the loan deal is still in place, and West Brom is still able to ask Marshall to return to the Hawthorns if they need him. In response to the announcement of his son Marshall’s return to West Ham, Marshall’s father, Ciaran, liked a number of tweets on his personal X account.

Undoubtedly, Marshall’s loan stint at West Brom has not gone as planned for any of the parties concerned.

Just three first-team appearances, all coming off the bench, were made by the youthful striker for Carlos Corberan; the most recent came in a 2-0 loss to Southampton in February.

Despite the injury problems that West Brom’s other starting strikers, Brandon Thomas-Asante, Josh Maja, and Daryl Dike, had during Marshall’s tenure at the side, winger and captain Jed Wallace started ahead of the teenager during a stretch of time when the other three weren’t available.

Marshall was actually left out of four of the previous five matchday teams combined, and as Maja gets closer to being fully recovered, the adolescent’s barriers to participation will probably only get more.

Marshall, who hasn’t played in the league since December, is still leading the Premier League 2 with 16 goals this season. He may now resume his quest for the top scorer title. In other West Ham news, if Lucas Paqueta leaves in the summer, the team might regret trading this talent.