Could West Ham United’s position become any more precarious? Yesterdays financial bombshell – not so much a massive shock as a dreadful confirmation of worst fears being realised – highlights the awful state of affairs off the pitch.
The exposure of the club’s financial chaos will be creating the headlines and the criticism – quite rightly – as the first of likely several storms in the coming weeks break around the boardroom. Player sales this summer loom large – (the stories have begun already) should the worst case scenario become reality and the club fall out of the Premier League: Jarrod Bowen and Crysencio Summerville are already being spoken of as the first two assets who’ll be ‘traded’ to get the club out of their mess if relegation results- last night’s goal.com:
“West Ham fire sale?! Hammers may be forced to sell Jarrod Bowen as Man Utd and Spurs monitor winger amid financial woes”.
Nuno and Jarrod Bowen talk at West Ham training session
Trying to focus on events ON the pitch – Nuno and captain Jarrod Bowen
However there’s a startling reality which is almost going unnoticed amidst the dire news avalanche: Nuno’s West Ham side can climb out of the relegation zone this afternoon should they pull off an historic Anfield triumph. The football has almost become a sideshow compared to the boardroom chaos now exposed fully to the harsh light of day.
A Liverpool side who have stuttered and misfired this season are less than invincible and West Ham go to their least successful venue desperate for the three points in the next of eleven ‘cup finals’ they face between now and May 24th.
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Liverpool’s last Premier League outing – a 96th minute winner saving their blushes against Hammers’ relegation rivals Nottingham Forest – highlights their current less than invincible stature and the Hammers need Nuno to focus the team fully on finding a way to get something from the game. Distracting though it may be, events off the pitch have to be put to one side for the Portuguese head coach and his players this afternoon.