No boardroom appetite to fire Slav
The West ham board have no intentions of firing the manager despite the unwise public announcement from David Sullivan that it is now down to the boss to do the job.
That is the root cause for all the reports that he will soon be on his way and although there may be an understandable tension between the two men as a result, a sacking is not on the agenda.
That’s why the claim that the Hammers are looking at Napoli coach Maurizio Sarri is so far wide of the mark. The truth is there is absolutely no appetite to sack Bilic within the Irons boardroom.
Sarri has a buy out clause of around £7.5 million should another club want him and in West Ham terms that is an unthinkable amount to pay anyway.
The Hammers face four games at home out of the next five – including the League cup match against Bolton – and things could look much healthier at the end of a period.
League games against Huddersfield, West Brom, Spurs and Swansea offer the opportunity for the team to collect a reasonable number of points and leave the poor start as an unfortunate memory