Director of football story is untrue

The Sun newspaper has today claimed that Manuel Pellegrini has lost a boardroom battle to install his friend Mario Husillos to head up recruitment for the Hammers. However, Claret and Hugh understands this report is fundamentally untrue and Husillos will soon join West Ham as was always planned.

The tabloid falsely claimed ‘reports have already swirled around claiming the Chilean boss is not happy with his lot in East London, a month after his arrival from China, and now he’s been dealt a fresh blow’

The false report comes six days after the Daily Mirror reported that Manuel Pellegrini was already at odds with Hammers chiefs just two weeks into his reign. They made similar false claims that Pellegrini had already raised concerns about having many of his requests knocked back in his bid to strengthen his squad.

Just 24 hours later the Daily Mirror ran another story that everything was alright saying “I speak to Mr Sullivan regularly and we are in agreement about our approach to bringing new players to the club this summer,”