{"id":454184,"date":"2026-05-18T01:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T01:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/454184\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T01:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T01:27:08","slug":"west-ham-how-have-the-club-ended-up-facing-relegation-from-premier-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/454184\/","title":{"rendered":"West Ham: How have the club ended up facing relegation from Premier League?"},"content":{"rendered":"

West Ham<\/a> were already planning to sell players this summer after posting a \u00a3104.2m loss<\/a> for the last financial year.<\/p>\n

The impending relegation would only place more pressure on the club’s finances.<\/p>\n

The Hammers, however, are giving little away when it comes to future planning. <\/p>\n

For now, they remain hopeful of succeeding in their survival fight, even if it looks from the outside as though it is an impossible task.<\/p>\n

Much will depend on the thoughts of chairman David Sullivan and the other significant shareholder Daniel Kretinsky, the Czech businessman who now also owns the Royal Mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There are some players whose departures would seem obvious.<\/p>\n

Midfielder Mateus Fernandes has been looked at by a number of clubs, including Manchester United<\/a>, and the Portugal star is a saleable asset. <\/p>\n

Winger Crysencio Summerville has found his form over the past couple of months and also might attract attention.<\/p>\n

Axel Disasi will presumably return to Chelsea<\/a> when his loan expires on 30 June despite his good performances in defence. Adama Traore joined from Fulham<\/a> on a permanent deal in January but to the end of the season, with an option for an additional year, which is yet to be triggered.<\/p>\n

The big decision will surround skipper Jarrod Bowen.<\/p>\n

Along with Tomas Soucek and Alphonse Areola, the man whose last-minute goal famously won the Conference League final, is one of only three starters from that night still at the club.<\/p>\n

Bowen, 29, is a crowd favourite and his father-in-law is actor and celebrity West Ham<\/a> fan Danny Dyer.<\/p>\n

If he could be persuaded to lead West Ham<\/a>‘s attempt to return to the Premier League at the first attempt, it would represent a major coup. <\/p>\n

However, the club – and Bowen – know there would be a queue of clubs keen to sign him for a decent fee, which would cover some of the club’s financial hit.<\/p>\n

“But whether West Ham<\/a> can extract full market value for them, given age and potential clauses in contracts, remains to be seen,” football finance expert Kieran Maguire said. <\/p>\n

“Some players will have relegation clauses, which usually are no more than 25%, so the total wage bill will decrease significantly.” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"West Ham were already planning to sell players this summer after posting a \u00a3104.2m loss for the last…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":454185,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-454184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454184","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=454184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}