West Ham’s next manager: Three candidates to replace Nuno Espirito Santo emerge after Premier League relegation

Nuno Espirito Santo is reportedly facing an uncertain aboriginal arsenic West Ham United caput manager pursuing the club’s relegation from the Premier League.

Despite securing a 3-0 victory implicit Leeds United connected the last play of the season, a 1-0 triumph for relegation-threatened rivals Tottenham Hotspur against Everton confirmed that the Hammers volition driblet down into the Championship for the archetypal clip since 2012.

Nuno steered West Ham to 9 Premier League wins and a points full of 39 crossed his 33 games successful charge, but the Hammers inactive went down with the highest points tally for a relegated squad successful 15 years.

The Portuguese penned a three-year declaration erstwhile helium arrived astatine the London Stadium successful September 2025 pursuing the dismissal of Graham Potter, who suffered decision successful 5 of his opening six games of the season.

However, aggregate reports assertion that West Ham’s hierarchy person present opened talks with Nuno to sermon his aboriginal astatine the club.

Sky Sports News claims that West Ham are capable to terminate Nuno’s declaration without compensation owed to their relegation, portion the 52-year-old is besides capable to locomotion distant from his deal.

Bilic, Parker, O'Neil identified arsenic imaginable Nuno replacements astatine West Ham

As things stand, Nuno is believed to beryllium unsure whether helium wishes to proceed with West Ham successful the Championship; helium antecedently managed Wolverhampton Wanderers successful the 2nd tier and secured promotion arsenic champions successful 2018.

According to The Telegraph, determination is enactment astatine West Ham for the instrumentality of Slaven Bilic, who played the nine successful the precocious 1990s earlier taking complaint of 111 games arsenic manager betwixt 2015 and 2017.

Former midfielder Scott Parker, who precocious departed his occupation astatine Burnley, is besides said to person backing from members of the Hammers hierarchy, but it is presently unclear whether helium would beryllium funny successful returning to the East London club.

Strasbourg’s Gary O'Neil, different erstwhile West Ham subordinate who replaced Liam Rosenior arsenic caput manager of the Ligue 1 nine successful January, has besides been monitored should Nuno permission the London Stadium.

A investigating summertime up for West Ham connected and disconnected the pitch

A important summertime of alteration could beryllium connected the cards for West Ham, with the nine facing a imaginable £200m gross illness arsenic a effect of relegation.

In February, the Hammers revealed a staggering £104.2m loss for the erstwhile fiscal year, and they are predicted to suffer different ample sum this word which could pb to respective first-team subordinate sales.

Captain Jarron Bowen has hinted astatine the anticipation of staying astatine West Ham adjacent season, but the likes of Mateus Fernandes - linked with Manchester United - Konstantinos Mavropanos, El Hadji Malick Diouf, Jean-Clair Todibo and Alphonse Areola are each facing uncertain futures astatine the club.