Oxford United boss Chris Wilder says no player has the right to be treated as a special case.

It comes in the wake of the League Two club’s decision this week to make young midfield star Sam Deering available for transfer.

The 19-year-old, who has been disciplined by the club a number of times for poor timekeeping, is spending a week’s trial with League One side Leyton Orient.

Deering, who came off the bench for Oxford United in the play-off final at Wembley and helped make the promotion-clinching thi-rd goal for Alfie Potter, has shown himself to be an outstanding young talent.

But he is thought not to have shown the same application and determination to get back into the first team as others, which has proved frustrating for the coaching staff.

And United say a new challenge might be the best thing for the player – and for the club.

Wilder said: “I think it sometimes happens in player’s careers that he maybe feels he needs a fresh start, and we maybe think he needs a fresh start as well, a new environment to get himself going again.

“We’ve circulated his name and will see what happens.

“But Sam’s just one player out of 23 or 24.

“He’s no special case – he has no divine right to play, like anybody else.”

The Londoner, who had spells as a youth-team player with both Chelsea and Charlton, joined Oxford United’s academy in 2006.

He has yet to make a first-team start this season, though he has come on as a second-half sub five times.

“You have to produce performances on a consistent basis,” Wilder said.

“A fresh challenge is sometimes what’s needed.

“And we feel in this case, in consultation with Sam and his agent, that this is the best road to go down for Sam and the football club.

“He’s a talented young player, as a lot of them are.

“I don’t want to sound controversial, but had he done enough, he’d be playing in the team. Alfie Potter does all right, he’s in the team.”

Potter looks set to keep his place in the side at Macclesfield tomorrow, with the U’s still unbeaten away this season.