The big hitters in the mainstream media are now starting to report what Claret & Hugh has been saying since November… West Ham director of football Tim Steidten is on his way out of the club.
As we reported earlier this morning, the German’s last significant involvement at West Ham was during the initial interview stage for Julen Lopetegui’s replacement.
Steidten has been operating in a diluted role at the London Stadium since the summer and has not had any involvement with transfer negotiations this current window. That said, Steidten is credited with identifying 19-year-old OH Leuven midfielder Ezechiel Banzuzi, along with data analyst Max Hahns.
If the Hammers manage to agree a deal for Banzuzi, it would possibly be Steidten’s last involvement in recruitment, as Kyle Macauley is poised to take over many of his duties.
It is thought Steidten is likely to reveal his side of the story at West Ham in what has been a time of huge change behind the scenes regarding player recruitment.
The appointment of Steidten was supposed to herald a brighter future for Hammers recruitment as the club moved to a more continental model.
However, fallings-out with David Moyes and Julen Lopetegui have gone against the Irons’ director of football, who then came under scrutiny following the signings of Luis Guilherme, Jean-Clair Todibo, and Niclas Füllkrug earlier this summer
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Don’t agree with this but clearly been coming. Will be interesting to hear his side of the story. Wouldn’t be surprised to see Dan Ashworth come in now be honest
Sullivan is the problem, all negatives are traceable directly back to his deranged decisions. I call the decisions deranged as they’re so appallingly awful that it’s difficult to believe that they come from rational thinking.
We will always underachieve while he calls the shots.
Definitely being made a scapegoat. You watch, he’ll go to another club and achieve success!
In which case you have got what you wanted Gonzo. I hope you think West Ham will be a better place without Steidten, personally I don’t think he has done anything wrong yet. Macaulay better deliver though. I look forward to reading Steidtens account of things from when the real rotten apple Lopetegui started to poison West Ham.
Keep Steidten, dump Sullivan & Brady. Can’t happen of course but it would be a huge improvement.
The Steidten saga doesn’t reflect well on the club – and he followed Rob Newman who was meant to revolutionize recruitment – over the last 4 seasons we have bought too many duds
He was not a Director of Football was he? He was a Technical Director and unlike a properly empowered DOF did not have complete control over football matters. He was overruled by Sullivan on Duran and the choice of coach and did not recommend all the players we got in the summer
Good move to get Potter in Madness to let Stiedten go Back to square one
Well he was the cause of our third most successful manager refusing a new Contract and then never got on with his replacement, no wonder Potter wants him gone
We all wanted your boy moyes out.
Not judging either way on moving on from Moyes, just stating facts
If he was responsible for getting rid of Moyes he should be given a job for life imo
I don’t get why you Moyes supporters still spend time on West Ham websites. Be gone to Everton will you!
Er because I am a West Ham fan. My comment was not pro or anti Moyes, just stating facts