Who will be the next manager of West Ham after Nuno Espirito Santo sack?
West Ham have already sacked one manager this season in Graham Potter and now Nuno Espirito Santo is in serious danger of being sacked for the second time this season.
He leads the Premier League sack race after yet another defeat – this time to a poor Nottingham Forest – which is enough to further fuel speculation about the next man in the hotseat.
Based on the latest odds from Oddschecker, here are the top 10 candidates for the job…
9=) Erik ten Haag, Steven Gerrard, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Ange Postecoglou, and Vitor Pereira
A classic collection of out-of-work Premier League failures. None of them will be the next Hammers manager, surely. Three of the ten best managers currently available are there.
7=) Lee Carsley
Sort of feels like he might have played for West Ham, but Carsley never ventured too far from the Midlands. Still England Under-21 manager but with no tournament until the summer of 2027, now might be the right time for a move into club management.
7=) Kieran McKenna
Has taken Ipswich into the Premier League and back down, and now in the midst of a campaign to return to the top flight. Is he the man to be parachuted into a relegation battle? In a word…no.
5=) Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
Didn’t get the United gig. Could get the West Ham gig.
5=) Gareth Southgate
Has consistently said he is not looking for a managerial job. Continues to be linked with managerial jobs. If any club can tempt him out of semi-retirement, it will surely not be this version of West Ham.
4) Frank Lampard
The fans still chant ‘Big Fat Frank’ at every away game so no, this absolutely would not work. Even if you take away the fact that he would be mental to leave a promotion campaign at Coventry City (where he is adored) for the West Ham sh*t-show.
3) Enzo Maresca
Well, well. Here because he is a) available and b) already in London, but surely his stock has not fallen so far as to take on a soon-to-be-relegated Premier League side?
2) Ruben Amorim
Well, well. Here because he is a) available and b) a former target of West Ham, but surely his stock has not fallen so far as to take on a soon-to-be-relegated Premier League side?
1) Slaven Bilic
Delivered the highest-scoring Premier League campaign of any West Ham manager a decade ago and remains the recent West Ham manager most beloved of the fans. He is available and all reports suggest he would be happy to take the job until the end of the season. Or at least he was until it became obvious that they will almost definitely be relegated.
