{"id":246187,"date":"2026-01-15T14:17:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T14:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/246187\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T14:17:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T14:17:06","slug":"premier-league-transfer-news-live-managers-speaking-about-their-latest-january-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/246187\/","title":{"rendered":"Premier League transfer news LIVE: Managers speaking about their latest January business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tottenham v West Ham: stakes rising on both sidespublished at 13:39 GMT<\/p>\n<p>13:39 GMT<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-16yshci-Paragraph e14e9ror4\">Tottenham v West Ham (Sat, 15:00 GMT)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-8kvzjk-Contributor etflsgg2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/64a59c6b-42a5-443b-b26d-5272be5dcae0.jpg.webp.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950\"\/>Karan Vinod<br \/>BBC Sport Journalist<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Saturday\u2019s London derby has taken on added significance, with both Tottenham and West Ham under intense pressure as the season approaches a critical point.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">West Ham travel across the capital, sitting 18th in the Premier League, while Spurs arrive in similarly troubled form, having won just one of their last seven games in all competitions. That run has heightened scrutiny on head coach Thomas Frank, with growing speculation around his future and reports suggesting he is firmly in the hot seat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The situation is not dissimilar to that facing Nuno Espirito Santo, who is also battling to steady the ship amid inconsistent results, supporter unrest and rising tension around the club.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">With both sides desperate for momentum and confidence, the fixture has been dubbed by some supporters as an \u2018El Sackico\u2019 &#8211; a reflection of the high stakes involved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tottenham v West Ham: stakes rising on both sidespublished at 13:39 GMT 13:39 GMT Tottenham v West Ham&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246188,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":{"0":"post-246187","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246187\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}