Bermudian Nathan Trott has signed his first professional contract, keeping the developing goalkeeper at the East London club until 2020.The goalkeeper is one of the country’s most highly rated and recently earned his first England call-up, joining up with the under-19 squad in October.Starring this season for West Ham’s Premier League 2 side — for players aged under 23 — Trott has won plenty of plaudits and pledged his future to the club by penning a 3½-year deal.

A couple saves from last nights game ⚒❤️ @WestHamUtdpic.twitter.com/RtZGufqHU5— Nathan Trott⚽️ (@Nathan_trott) November 23, 2016

Trott has trained with the first team at the club’s Rush Green base on a number of occasions and, having put pen to paper on his first professional contract, is keen to push on and impress further this campaign.“It’s a massive achievement for me and my family, and I can only thank the people who are around me and support me every day to get where I am today,” he said.“My family have just supported me along the way. As a kid, everyone wants to be a footballer but everyone knew I was really serious about becoming a professional and each year they have just supported me.“I want to give myself extra time for me to work and I want to try to prove to fans that I can become a really great player.“I want to establish myself as the No 1 for the under-23s, play week in, week out and get used to the feeling of being No 1. “West Ham have also secured the future of equally promising talent Domingos Quina and have shown a lot of faith in young players, giving the likes of Reece Oxford and Marcus Browne their senior bows over the past two seasons.Trott revealed the confidence the club have in youngsters played a huge role in his decision to sign before praising the work of those in the Academy of Football.“It was probably the main factor in me wanting to sign here,” he said. “Your work is always seen around the Academy, and you’ll be given the chance if you deserve it.”Trott added that the support of Academy manager Terry Westley, Liam Manning, the Academy coach and assistant manager, and Jerome John, the Academy goalkeeping coach, have been essential in his development.“Those three are probably the main three who have pushed me,” he said. “It’s important that now they keep on to me.“I also like the competition. I don’t see it as a negative thing. It helps me to become a better player myself, especially when you’re training with first-team goalkeepers like [Darren] Randolph and Adrián. You get better as you train with people who are better than you.”Trott, who describes himself as a goalkeeper who depends on his reflexes and has brilliant footwork, explained what it would mean to him to make his first team bow at the club’s new London Stadium home one day.“It would be a dream for me to make my debut at the new stadium,” he said. “Obviously, that’s my main goal, and I want to work my way through the ranks at West Ham and hopefully in a couple of years or sooner, I can make my debut at London Stadium.”