Predictable name enters Hammers managerial frame
As repeated at various times the Irons have no immediate plans to get rid of the Chilean who desperately needs a win over Spurs at the weekend regardless.
As is well known, the Mirror reports that the Hammers came close to signing him as boss before he opted for Real Madrid in 2015.
And his is a fairly obvious name to conjure up in the present circumstances surrounding Pellegrini given that.
Like our current boss, the Spaniard is now earning what might be described as his pension in China with Dalian Yifang, with whom he has won six of his 14 games so far.
And the report linking him with us adds therefore that should results continue to slide it may not be long before he is sacked.
Quite how that would make him a suitable candidate for the Irons is not made clear and it is a strange name to be linked therefore at this stage of his career.
He left Newcastle under a cloud after a three year spell having bossed 11 clubs in the previous 16 years playing a brand of football which has often been seen as ultra defensive.
At 59 years of age he is not at the best age for many who would prefer to see a younger figure take over at the club after Pellegrini.
It seems unlikely too that teh Hammers would return to China for a manager who has departed the Premier League so recently.