Nuno Espirito Santo is about to stay as West Ham supervisor regardless of being unable to stop the membership’s relegation from the Premier League.
West Ham had been consigned to the Championship regardless of a 3-0 win over Leeds on Sunday, as Tottenham’s 1-0 victory towards Everton sealed their destiny and ended a 14-year spell within the high flight. Their tally of 39 factors is the very best by a relegated aspect in 15 years.
It’s a outstanding resolution given the circumstances, notably as all indications urged the West Ham board had been shifting in the direction of parting methods with the Portuguese supervisor, who signed a three-year deal to interchange Graham Potter in September. Each West Ham and Nuno had the choice to stroll away at no cost following relegation.
An announcement from the board learn: ‘We held conferences with Head Coach Nuno Espirito Santo early this week and are happy to substantiate that he has expressed his continued dedication to the Membership – as we’ve got to him.
‘Nuno made it very clear that he’s extremely motivated for the problem of guiding West Ham United again to the highest flight on the first time of asking. That have to be the unquestionable objective for subsequent season.
‘Nuno has spent one earlier yr within the EFL Championship and it was an excellent success as he secured 99 factors to win the title with Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2018.
‘Whereas the final word consequence on Sunday was a painful one, the Board of Administrators imagine that there have been broader indicators of enchancment and progress in latest months, and we wish Nuno to proceed growing that progress.’
‘We held conferences with Head Coach Nuno Espirito Santo early this week and are happy to substantiate that he has expressed his continued dedication to the Membership – as we’ve got to him’
West Ham’s majority proprietor David Sullivan’s girlfriend, Ampika Pickston, has insisted that finger-pointing ‘serves no benefit’
The board, who had been topic to vehement criticism from supporters within the London Stadium after Sunday’s match towards Leeds confirmed they might be heading for the Championship, mentioned that steps will likely be taken ‘to restore the Membership’s relationship with its fanbase’.
They’ve confirmed that there will likely be a discount of ‘as much as 30 per cent’ throughout all season tickets for subsequent season, and they are going to be arranging conferences with the Fan Advisory Board over the summer time with a view to ‘assist us form our instant technique for extra off-field enhancements’.
In the meantime, West Ham’s majority proprietor David Sullivan’s girlfriend, Ampika Pickston, has insisted that finger-pointing ‘serves no benefit’.
Pickston, who’s 33 years her boyfriend’s junior, posted on Instagram an image of the pair previous to Sunday’s match, writing: ‘The day began off with smiles and led to tears. Time to re-set, regroup and restructure.
‘It’s simple to level the finger and blame this serves no benefit. Classes are learnt, you study from experiences. Life shapes us all, solely manner for us is UP now.’
Previous to West Ham, Nuno spent somewhat over a yr with Al Ittihad in Saudi Arabia earlier than returning to England with Nottingham Forest.
He went on to maintain them up in 2023-24 earlier than guiding them to seventh place and European qualification the next season. He was sacked in September 2025, lower than three months after signing a brand new three-year deal.
On Sunday former Man United defender Gary Neville urged West Ham to stay with Nuno – in addition to making certain captain Jarrod Bowen stays on, too.
Former United defender has advisable West Ham ought to assure captain Jarrod Bowen’s companies within the Championship subsequent season, too
‘The supervisor and Bowen are the 2 most essential figures. I believe they should lock that in fairly shortly,’ he mentioned on the Gary Neville podcast on Sunday.
‘I will be amazed if West Ham’s possession have not put an enormous incentive ahead to Nuno to remain. In the event that they had been good, they might announce that within the subsequent 48 hours.
‘By the tip of the week, you wish to try to lock Jarrod Bowen in with a giant contract to remain, which will likely be troublesome as a result of they’re going to lose plenty of income this yr.
‘That then stabilises the dressing room probably and stabilises the fanbase considerably from the place they are going to be (on Sunday night time) which is totally desperately disenchanted.
‘It is about stabilising past this. They’ve most likely deliberate for this for plenty of weeks. You’d should, not simply financially but additionally due to sources and personnel.
‘It is essential they get some good PR messages on the market fairly shortly.’
