Julen Lopetegui might be in hassle at West Ham (Photograph by Mike Hewitt/Getty Pictures)
It was imagined to be a season of good soccer with outcomes that may propel West Ham in direction of the higher echelons of the Premier League desk, however the precise reverse has occurred below Julen Lopetegui and now it’s come to gentle that the membership did one thing unbelievable in the summertime.
As soon as it was determined that David Moyes would go away the membership and Lopetegui would take the reins on the London Stadium, technical director, Tim Steidten, went on a spending spree that noticed the Hammers land gamers comparable to Niclas Fullkrug, Crysencio Summerville and Luis Guilherme.
West Ham’s internet spend was the sixth highest in Europe
The standard of participant secured gave rise to the notion that the Irons would hit the bottom working in the beginning of the 2024/25 marketing campaign, nonetheless, Lopetegui’s poor begin has seen Steidten put below the highlight for all of the fallacious causes.
Intriguingly, Steidten had apparently warned the Hammers in opposition to using Lopetegui earlier than the deal was finished.
With six video games gone to this point, only one win within the English top-flight and a humbling within the Carabao Cup up at Liverpool has left the Spaniard’s goals in tatters.
It isn’t clear how far more persistence the West Ham board have in Lopetegui, although journalist, Jonathan Liew, advised Sky Sports activities Again Pages podcast that he was “combating for his job.”
Additional, Liew dropped an unbelievable revelation that depart have followers of the membership incredulous.
“I used to be studying that their internet spend was the sixth-highest in Europe this summer time for West Ham,” he added.
No marvel Lopetegui finds himself below intense strain from all sides, not least as a result of the model of soccer has been extremely poor.
“How critical is the state of affairs for Lopetegui on the London Stadium?” Liew contemplated. “”I feel it’s [serious]. I imply, it was that the Premier League sacking season began in about November, nevertheless it appears to get earlier and earlier yearly now.”
The fixture in opposition to Premier League new boys Ipswich City now looms massive, and the Spaniard will do properly to nonetheless be in a job after the worldwide break if the Hammers don’t get three factors from that recreation.
