Reports last night about Ruben Amorim’s future at Manchester United has led to speculation that the club have drawn up a short list of three managers.
It is a list that West Ham should really be considering given their current plight, and reaffirms that the Board should be aiming higher with their targets.
The “three man” shortlist at Old Trafford includes Bournemouth’s Andoni Iraola (main pic) , who before this season was one of the lowest paid managers in the entire Premier League. Next is, Oliver Glasner at Crystal Palace and lastly Marco Silva who I wrote about yesterday as a manager that is of interest to the Hammers, yet not until the end of the season when his contract expires with Fulham.
C&H believes Nuno Espírito Santo remains the favourite for the West Ham job when the Board do decide to part ways with Graham Potter. However, worrying reports have emerged that former player Gary O’Neil is also under consideration. While no direct talks have taken place the link has gained further credibility given his agent is Will Salthouse who has strong ties to David Sullivan.
Meanwhile, Graham Potter remains at the helm, with a crucial away fixture against Everton looming on Monday. But with managerial dominoes beginning to wobble across the league, West Ham must act decisively. Settling for mediocrity is no longer an option, when the blueprint for ambition is being drawn up elsewhere.
Having just 3 choices is much to much organised for whu.
They love speculative talk discussing 8-10 managers makes for good media reading.
Managers above would entail a buy out something Sullivan is looking to avoid.
His whole attitude is bargain basement believing he has already put enough into club.
Would like to see Potter take on board general comments and turn things around.
I do think the club are trying to make WHU a team playing regularly at the top end of the PL and competing. They’re heavily invested in the Academy where by all accounts we are having success and that is a big part of the long term future of the club. That’s a good sign.- although lack of youngsters in the 1st team since Rice is a bad sign,
So equally is the next manager, unless he is interim till end of season and only there to fight off relegation. They have to try and pick up from when David Moyes was at the club. Do what all the footballers say they do: put the defeats behind you, learn your lessons from it and move on to the next game. Hopefully the club can do that as well 😊and invest in the right man for the long term who’ll bring some dynamism to the club at all levels.
I keep thinking we need an assistant (director of football?) who works closely with the coach, so he can take his requests for players/staff/training facilities and take them from him and be his representative to the board + recruitment team. So does not get dragged into what seem to be complicated internal negotiations – just guessing.
Well one thing is guaranteed, S&B will leave it too late to engage, offer and secure the best option.
1. The cost of a buy out (if in contract elsewhere)
2. Low-Ball Offer (if in or out of contract elsewhere)
3. Leave it until the international break
4. Shock victory on Monday night
BTW – I would take Amorim – the problem at Man U is Fernandes, the guy is a selfish, spoilt ticking time bomb who believes he’s better than the team and Ronaldo when in a Portugal shirt.
Man Utd are looking to employ a top manager and West Ham are checking out all the unemployed managers. Is it any surprise we are where we are???? !!!
Well, we finished above Man U last season! And we had, and unfortunately still do, an unemployed manager. So I guess your point is a little tarnished, though I do understand where you’re coming from. Let’s all hope we, or rather Sullivan, get it right this time.
Iraola is someone we should have appointed when he left Rayo Vallecano but presumably he was not sufficiently frayed around the edges for the great and good at the LS. So he goes from making Rayo punch above their weight to doing the same thing with Bournemouth and now Man U are apparently among his admirers.
“ If there’s a wrong way to do it”
Incidentally Rayo are my La Liga side – tiny stadium in a poor part of Madrid but amazing fans and even qualified for the Conference League this season