West Ham have dismissed head coach Nuno Espírito Santo with immediate effect after 13 Championship matches, with the club sitting eighth and six points behind leaders Middlesbrough. The Hammers have approached Scott Parker as they seek to keep their promotion ambitions on track.
The decision followed consecutive home defeats to Southampton and West Brom. In a statement, West Ham said its board had reviewed the start to the season and believed a change was necessary to keep the club’s objectives and expectations on course.
Nuno’s side had won emphatically against Wrexham and Lincoln, scoring six goals without reply in each match, and had also scored at least three goals in wins over Wolves, Derby and Bolton. But they had lost three of their 13 league games and were outside the automatic promotion places.
Parker, 46, has managed three English clubs and led each to immediate promotion to the Premier League. West Ham are targeting one of the Championship’s two automatic promotion places.
Sources: The Guardian Sport.