Overview
- West Ham confirmed on Tuesday that head coach Nuno Espirito Santo has left with immediate effect and that assistant coach Rui Pedro Silva and goalkeeper coach Rui Barbosa have also departed.
- The club said the decision followed a thorough board review of the EFL Championship start and was taken to keep the club’s objectives on track after inconsistent results.
- Back-to-back home defeats to Southampton and West Brom left West Ham eighth in the table and intensified pressure on the coaching staff.
- Mark Noble, Steve Potts and Gerard Prenderville will take temporary charge for the squad’s trip to Cardiff on Wednesday while the club conducts a recruitment process for a permanent replacement.
- Several media outlets report that co-owner Daniel Kretinsky made the final call to dismiss Nuno, a claim the club has not formally confirmed, and the outcome will reshape short-term team stability and expectations for an immediate return to the Premier League.