The Hammers have recently stepped up their efforts to make this Premier League relegation fight interesting, as with 13 matches to go, the gap has closed down to three points, meaning across the remaining fixtures, anything is able to happen.

Across the Hammers’ remaining 13, we find ourselves playing five of the current Top 6 and then just three relegation candidates, which include Leeds United on the final day of the season.

Manchester United (H), Liverpool (A), Manchester City (H), Aston Villa (A), Arsenal (H) + Wolves (H), Crystal Palace (A), Leeds (H).

At last! West Ham United achieved a 2-0 victory over a crucial relegation ‘six-pointer’, which has now cut down the gap to Nottingham Forest to just three points.

It was business as usual for the first half for the Hammers. A lovely dribble by Fernandes was followed by a slotted ball to Summerville, who dinked it in for 1-0. The goal was followed up by Malick Diouf, utilising his crossing ability, placing a brilliant cross to Taty, who scored his first Premier League goal for West Ham. Argentinian and a great escape? Fans have seen this before!

Burnley: Dubravka, Walker, Esteve, Ugochukwu, Edwards, Anthony, Humphreys, Florentino, Flemming, Pires, Hannibal
Subs: Weib, Worrall, Bruun Larsen, Foster, Tchaouna, Ekdal, Broja, Barnes, Laurent

West Ham: Hermansen, Wan-Bissaka, Disasi, Mavropanos, Diouf, Soucek, Fernandes, Bowen (C), Summerville, Taty, Wilson
Subs: Areola, Pablo, Walker-Peters, Scarles, Potts, Traore, Kilman, Kante, Magassa

Another six-pointer has come around for the Hammers! A weekend that is overly crucial given the nature of the game for the relegation fight, as well as fixtures elsewhere, which makes it a crucial outing.

There’s a possibility that by the end of the week, West Ham could be three or four points from safety if the victory is secured, Leeds take on Friday night, meaning that someone will be losing out on accumulating all three points.

Towards the season coming to a close, it begins to raise the question whether Nuno, formally now known as ‘Luno’, should stay in charge in the event that the Hammers are relegated.

The circus has arrived in East London, deadline day panic has returned for Hammers as Sullivan has deemed all of Nuno’s ‘balancing’ wishes so far, yet he hasn’t confirmed the signing of a central defender and we’ve got under 12 hours to go.

A game of two halves, a performance of relegation quality. A splendid first half from the Hammers with little to no fault, a half where Nuno set his side to defend but in a controlled manner, in a way which played Chelsea at their weaknesses and before you knew it, West Ham were 2-0 up at the break.

However, West Ham have struggled in the second half; it’s certainly not a new phenomenon and tonight has shown exactly that for the now heatbroken Hammers.

Chelsea: Sanchez, Gusto, Chalobah, Badiashile, Hato, Caicedo, Enzo (C), Gittens, Palmer, Garnacho, Delap
Subs: Sharman-Lowe, James, Acheampong, Fofana, Cucurella, Andrey Santos, Neto, Joao Pedro, Guiu

West Ham: Areola, Wan-Bissaka, Mavropanos, Todibo, Diouf, Soucek, Fernandes, Bowen (C), Summerville, Pablo, Taty
Subs: Hermansen, Scarles, Traore, Wilson, Potts, Kilman, Walker-Peters, Kante, Magassa

The Hammers have set their eyes on an array of different defenders throughout this window, and it appears we’ve aimed the bow at one individual, yet the arrow doesn’t seem to be very straightforward.

After what has felt like an eternity of a saga, Lucas Paqueta has officially left the Hammers in order to complete his move to Flamengo. The club managed to agree on a fee for €42,000,000, which isn’t only Flamingo’s record fee, but it’s the Brazilian league’s record.

The ongoing saga could’ve been completed at a much quicker rate than expected, in which a week ago the Hammers had actually accepted a lower offer with a lucrative payment schedule, but last minute, Flamengo pulled the offer and it triggered another week of negotiating, which is now finally over.