West Ham to back Nuno in January window

West Ham, a relegation-torn club, will support manager Nuno Espirito Santo in the transfer market starting next month.

On September 25, the former Wolves, Tottenham, and Nottingham Forest boss was chosen to replace Graham Potter.

The Hammers went four games without winning before going three in a row to finish third, five points behind Forest and seven adrift of Leeds.

Nuno is now facing growing pressure due to the alarming prospect of returning to the Championship for the first time in 14 years.

Given the rise in revenue it generates, the controversial move to the 62, 500-capacity London Stadium in 2016 was supposed to make much less of a resurgence.

However, club sources insist that the manager will stand firm behind him and that he will make the necessary adjustments in January.

Although it’s unknown whether the sale of Brazilian playmaker Lucas Paqueta, who was denied West Ham’s summer transfer deadline, will be the source of the funds, it is expected that new signings will be made.

If West Ham did not make it to the bottom three, West Ham would be benefited by paying half of their rent at the London Stadium, which would reduce their losses by £2 million.

West Ham’s future is likely to be shaped by a series of fixtures that starts with Brighton on December 30 and moves on to Wolves, Forest, Sunderland, and local rivals Tottenham and Chelsea before a trip to Burnley on February 7.

The most upsetting blow was West Ham’s most recent defeat. Before Harry Wilson’s mistake made it impossible for them to draw against Fulham, Raul Jimenez scored the 85th minute winner.

After the game, Nuno said, “We created a lot of good combinations going forward.

The goal was coming at that exact moment, I saw. Everyone felt it, and the team and the boys had the same level of enthusiasm. Then we were punished in the last second.

We all commit errors, they say. It’s not just about people. When we have a crucial game in two days, it’s about how to play together.

However, West Ham has suffered from defensive errors all season, and Nuno currently claims to have the worst record of any Hammers manager in the Premier League. He currently averages just 0.77 points per game.

There are compensating factors, despite his poor performance.

West Ham has kept just one clean sheet in the Premier League all season, which means Nuno inherits a team that is low on confidence and has been struggling defensively.

Nuno has taken over at the end of September, but he relies instead on the players who have already been hired by previous managers Graham Potter and Julen Lopetegui.

Since Nuno’s reign as manager, only Burnley and Wolves have scored 14 goals and conceded 23 in his 13 games, compared to West Ham’s 10.

Although Nuno will have a chance to turn things around, history is not on their side as of this year’s 18 Premier League games, which is their lowest total at this point since 2010-11, when they finished third overall.