{"id":351924,"date":"2026-01-04T16:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T16:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/351924\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T16:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T16:22:09","slug":"nuno-espirito-santo-on-verge-of-falling-out-with-west-ham-players-as-brand-new-sack-update-emerges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/351924\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuno Espirito Santo on verge of falling out with West Ham players as brand new sack update emerges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nuno Espirito Santo is under immense pressure at West Ham after the 3-0 defeat against Wolves on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hammers.news\/columnist\/no-filter-west-ham-player-ratings-for-wolves-debacle-lets-hope-insipid-bunch-read-every-word\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">West Ham handed Wolves their first win<\/a> of the Premier League season with a lackadaisical first-half performance at Molineux.<\/p>\n<p>          Forget Man of the Match, who was the WORST West Ham player today? <\/p>\n<p class=\"grv-talking-point__subtitle\">And tell us why in the comments<\/p>\n<p> \ud83d\udc47 Join the debate; share your insight. Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say <\/p>\n<p>As the Hammers are in 18th place and four points from safety, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hammers.news\/news\/west-ham-board-rage-at-wolves-debacle-and-tell-under-fire-nuno-what-is-needed\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nuno\u2019s future at the London Stadium<\/a> is far from secure. <\/p>\n<p>Nuno Espirito Santo non-communicative with some West Ham players<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2026\/jan\/04\/nuno-espirito-santo-losing-support-west-ham-squad\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Guardian<\/a> journalist Jacob Steinberg, multiple sources have described <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hammers.news\/tag\/nuno-espirito-santo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nuno Espirito Santo<\/a> as distant and uncommunicative with some of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hammers.news\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">West Ham United<\/a> players.<\/p>\n<p>There is frustration growing over his training methods and selection decisions, causing many players to lose their support for him<\/p>\n<p>Certain players feel that, due to Nuno not communicating with them, they do not have a way back into his first-team plans. <\/p>\n<p>           If you could replace Nuno with one out-of-work manager, who are you picking? <\/p>\n<p class=\"grv-talking-point__subtitle\">And why?<\/p>\n<p> \ud83d\udc47 Join the debate; share your insight. Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say <\/p>\n<p>He did not even say much to them in the aftermath of the shameful defeat against Wolves.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the first-team squad also feel alienated and believe they have been played out of position under the Portuguese.<\/p>\n<p>The Hammers board do not want to make the second sacking of the season, with it only being January, but things are far from settled behind the scenes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2254485715-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Nuno Espirito Santo looks dejected as West Ham lose to Wolves\" class=\"wp-image-291777\" \/>Photo by James Gill \u2013 Danehouse\/Getty ImagesHow long before David Sullivan decides to sack Nuno?<\/p>\n<p>The game against Wolves was a must-win and the Hammers not only lost it but went down without putting up a fight.<\/p>\n<p>If it is a similar result and\/or performance against Nottingham Forest, their main relegation rival, it would likely be curtains for him.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hammers.news\/tag\/david-sullivan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David Sullivan<\/a> knows what relegation would entail and he may turn to a survival specialist who can have a short-term impact on this team.<\/p>\n<p>More money could then be made available for the new manager, but sacking Nuno would also not be a cheap affair.<\/p>\n<p>This means that acting on it could cut into the transfer budget for January.<\/p>\n<p>The former Wolves and Nottingham Forest boss is in a fight for his life and he may not be in a job for too long unless and until things change drastically.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hammers.news\/tag\/jarrod-bowen\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jarrod Bowen<\/a> needs to have a word with the manager in private and ensure that everyone is singing from the same hymn sheet ahead of the Forest game. <\/p>\n<p>  Join Our Newsletter <\/p>\n<p>Receive a digest of our best West Ham content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nuno Espirito Santo is under immense pressure at West Ham after the 3-0 defeat against Wolves on Saturday.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":351925,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,45733,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-351924","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-nuno-espirito-santo","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=351924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/351925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}