Sheffield United's New Championship Rivals Set to 'Sack' Head Coach After Relegation Blow
The club won only 11 of Nuno Espírito Santo’s 37 matches in charge, and a £150 million player-sale target points to a major rebuild.
- West Ham United head coach Nuno Espírito Santo was called in for crisis talks Monday morning following the club's relegation to the Championship on Sunday, reportedly facing the sack after the Hammers' 14-year Premier League stay ended despite beating Leeds United 3-0 at the London Stadium.
- High managerial turnover and recruitment missteps triggered West Ham's first relegation since 2011, with three managers cycling through since May 2024 and Nuno winning just 11 of his 37 games in charge.
- Chairman David Sullivan oversaw a £104 million loss last year and left his seat with 10 minutes remaining in the final match, sparking fan anger, while the club faces £200 million in lost Premier League revenue requiring £150 million in player sales this summer.
- Nuno's departure is expected within days, making him West Ham's fourth permanent manager since May 2024, though his three-year deal reportedly contains a break clause allowing the club to avoid compensation.
- Multiple Championship vacancies exist at Blackburn Rovers, Watford, Burnley and Bristol City, though top managerial targets John Mousinho and Michael Skubala remain committed to Portsmouth and Lincoln City respectively, with Skubala recently agreeing to stay beyond his 2028 contract expiry.
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Championship latest: Portsmouth rivals agree head coach deal amid Bristol City talk as Nuno Espirito Santo set for West Ham sack
There’s plenty of managerial talk doing the rounds across the Championship, with John Mousinho’s future under the microscope in recent weeks.
West Ham have found yet another scapegoat for failure
West Ham United have had three managers since May 2024. The latest, Nuno Espirito Santo, joined in September 2025 and was understood to have spent much of Monday with the owners discussing the future, which most took to be his future. Sack the coach is the standard reflex of owners seeking to distance themselves from the consequences of appointments they made. The real architect of West Ham’s demise and the focus of dissent is, of course, chairm…
Nuno Espirito Santo set to leave West Ham without big bonus after Championship drop
West Ham are poised to axe Nuno Espirito Santo after the club’s nightmare relegation from the Premier League, with crunch talks already underway over the Portuguese manager’s future
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