Nuno Espirito Santo officially welcomed Paco Jemez<\/a> to Rush Green. \u201cThis will be fun.\u201d<\/p>\nNuno Espirito Santo welcomes Jemez before Tottenham Hotspur derby <\/p>\n
With these players out or doutbful, who needs to step up against Tottenham?! <\/p>\n
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There are, of course, concerns bubbling under the surface.<\/p>\n
Will Paco Jemez and Nuno really see eye to eye, considering how contrasting their philosophies tend to be? How will a man who has spent the last 18 years as a head coach adapt to a backseat position as a number two? <\/p>\n
And given that Jemez is famously \u2018style over results\u2019 \u2013 he once quipped after a 5-0 battering by Real Madrid that he would rather be trounced sticking to his principles than win while abandoning them \u2013 how will the West Ham faithful really take to him? Such soundbites are unlikely to go down well when the club\u2019s Premier League status is hanging by a thread.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, as Nuno explained during his press conference on Thursday, Jemez should bring a fresh perspective to the London Stadium. <\/p>\n
The confidence he instilled in those Rayo icons between 2012 and 2016, particularly Roberto Trashorras, who topped the La Liga passing charts in successive campaigns, may bode very well for a talented crop of forwards and midfielders in claret and blue.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s one more person to help us. The coaching staff [has] more numbers,\u201d Nuno said while previewing Saturday\u2019s London derby clash with Tottenham Hotspur.<\/p>\n
\u201cMore numbers means more ideas, more energy. He is an experienced coach and he will bring new things to us. He will help us definitely.\u201d<\/p>\n
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