29th October 2025 Daniel Luker (@danielluker_)
By Conor Hogan
West Ham have never typically been a club that have chopped and changed their managers, but that is quickly changing.
Between the appointment of Ron Greenwood in 1961 and the departure of David Moyes in 2024, there had only been 14 managers of the club (Greenwood and Moyes inclusive).
Considering eight of those fourteen had reached 100 games as Hammers boss, the new trend that has emerged at the club since 2024 has been baffling. Between May 2024 and October 2025, four different managers have taken charge of the Irons in Premier League games.
Following David Moyes’ 1645-day tenure in his second spell as Hammer’s Head Coach, Julen Lopetegui lasted only 191 days, followed by Graham Potter, who was boss for just 261 days, which included a summer break from league action.
Considering a West Ham manager hasn’t lasted a full campaign since the 2023/24 season and won’t until at least the 2026/27 season, it is extremely important that West Ham give Nuno Espírito Santo the rest of the campaign as Hammers manager.
The 51-year-old has yet to set the world alight at the London Stadium, having lost three and drawn one of his opening four matches. But supporters’ desire for stability is unlikely to be satisfied by the continual turnover of managers, each bringing a different footballing philosophy.
In the past, owner David Sullivan has been reluctant to show new managers the door, often giving them at least a season at the helm – even Avram Grant remained in charge for 37 of 38 games during the Hammers’ disastrous 2010/11 relegation campaign.
However, Sullivan has shown much less patience in recent times. Whether you believe Lopetegui and Potter were sacked at the right time or not, it’s clear that the high turnover in staff has stripped away so much of the stability and identity that David Moyes had established during his time at the club.
In order to get back to those times, Sullivan must show faith in Nuno – the Portuguese gaffer hasn’t helped himself with his team selections in recent games, but sacking yet another Moyes successor is not how West Ham will solve their problems this season.
Nuno is a proven manager in the Premier League with two clubs at our level, despite the teams poor form at the moment we need to have faith that the former Wolves and Forest manager is going to turn it around. We need to back him in the transfer window with his own players so his team can succeed in the way he wants it to.
Not only that, the money it would cost to sack Nuno already after sacking Potter and Lopetegui, with the club already set to announce losses this year, would be wild.