Julen Lopetegui talks to his assistant during West Ham’s defeat to Liverpool (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)
Julen Lopetegui, coach of West Ham United the pressure remains after a 5-0 thrashing at home to Liverpool in their last game.
It has been a terrible season for the Hammers under Lopetegui, who initially looked set to be a strong appointment. when he came in to replace David Moyes in the summer.
The Spanish tactician has experience after spells with Real Madrid, Sevilla, Wolves and the Spanish national team, but the move to the London Stadium has not worked out at all.
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West Ham fans will now likely feel that a change is needed, although Lopetegui appears to be hanging on to his job for now.
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BBC pundit Clinton Morrison has spoken about Lopetegui’s future at WHUFC and admits he believes he was probably close to the sack recently until his side won at Newcastle.
“I look at West Ham, and I think they’ve brought in a lot of players, and I understand they’ve had some injuries, I understand that, but every team has injuries. The style of football, they thought it was going to be luxury football, it’s still the same,” Morrison said.
“But Lopetegui was like that when he was at Wolves, so the hierarchy must have known what kind of manager, OK, I understand he has a good CV. But sometimes at West Ham you have to be careful what you wish for because the job David Moyes did there was fantastic.
“I think Lopetegui is under pressure. The Newcastle game, I had to go to Newcastle, I think if I had missed the Newcastle game, I might have lost my job.
“I think because they’ve had a half-decent run and got a few good results, it has to continue from now until the end of the season.”
