West Ham edge closer to deciding Julen Lopetegui's fate after board hold crunch talks

West Ham backed the erstwhile Real Madrid and Spain brag heavy successful the transportation marketplace past summertime with a £120m spending spree and the anticipation was helium could steer them towards a European place

West Ham volition determine connected Julen Lopetegui’s aboriginal successful the adjacent 48 hours.

Lopetegui is nether mounting unit and the club's committee is expected to conscionable to sermon whether to alteration the manager aft a disappointing commencement to the campaign. West Ham backed the erstwhile Real Madrid and Spain brag heavy successful the transportation marketplace past summertime with a £120m spending spree and the anticipation was helium could steer them towards a European place.

But the West Ham fans turned connected the 58-year-old Spaniard who is present clinging to his occupation by a thread. West Ham person managed conscionable 1 triumph successful their past 5 games.

The nine hierarchy person been determined to springiness Lopetegui each accidental to win and person resisted firing him. They indispensable present determine whether to springiness him the accidental to crook things astir oregon marque a change.

But the decision astatine Leicester connected Tuesday nighttime person enactment him nether caller unit portion the deficiency of an evident replacement whitethorn person fixed him a enactment of execution truthful far.

The bookies person present made Lopetegui the odds-on favourite to beryllium the archetypal Premier League manager to beryllium sacked. The fans person already turned arsenic distant supporters chanted: “You’re getting sacked successful the morning” aft the Leicester defeat.

Hammers method manager Tim Steidten is besides facing questions arsenic Lopetegui was brought successful past summertime to regenerate David Moyes who had taken the nine into Europe and won a European trophy during his reign.

Lopetegui’s CV meant helium was a large coup for West Ham but it has not worked retired truthful far. It has besides been reported that helium had a bust-up with defender Jean-Clair Todibo successful the dressing country during past Saturday’s decision to Arsenal.

Former Porto brag Sergio Conceicao, ex-Borussia Dortmund caput manager Edin Terzic and Graham Potter, the erstwhile Chelsea and Brighton caput coach, are among the candidates arsenic imaginable replacements.

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