Pellegrini unimpressed so Rush Green gets an upgrade

West Ham will stage an urgent upgrade on their Rush Green training centre after new boss Manuel Pellegrini  made it clear he was distinctly unimpressed with the place..

As a result work will start immediately given the club holds planning permission to work on the 29-acre site.

A report in the Mail claims: ‘Pellegrini will doubtless demand more privacy than afforded to his predecessor David Moyes, who was astonished to share a changing room with 14 coaches and backroom staff.’

And it adds that a new changing area is to be built because the West Ham Ladies team — run by Jack Sullivan, the son of co-owner David — are to be located on the site.

The gym area will need to be enlarged because it cannot accommodate the first-team squad. In fact  Astroturf had to be laid in the corridor outside the gym to provide more room.

As a result  larger dressing rooms and an extension of the catering facilities will be required and the Chilean boss wants under-soil heating installed.  During the cold snap last winter and in early spring, Moyes was unable to use the pitches