With West Ham confirming Nuno Espírito Santo’s stay at the club within a few days of relegation being confirmed, the Hammers now turn their attention to the staff as well as the players.

Assistant Head Coach Paco Jemez has released a statement which indicates his time at West Ham is over after his contract has run out. Whilst disappointing, West Ham was his first-ever gig as an assistant, and he wants to explore an avenue elsewhere, somewhere he’ll be the top dog.

West Ham United have put out a message from the Board of Directors this morning, discussing all of the troubles that have occurred, profusely apologising, but most importantly, confirming that Nuno will be staying.

“We held meetings with Head Coach Nuno Espírito Santo early this week and are pleased to confirm that he has expressed his continued commitment to the Club – as we have to him.”

Nuno Espírito Santo is expected to remain at West Ham United after further talks have taken place.

Numerous sources yesterday suggested that Nuno was set to face the sack after a meeting with the club, but yesterday evening, it turned out to be inconclusive.

Daniel Kretinsky, who is rumoured to have levelled his stake with David Sullivan in the club, has been an advocate for Nuno to remain in his position. Meanwhile, David Sullivan wants to trigger the ‘free release clause’ West Ham placed in the Portuguese manager's contract and sign a manager on a free.

There are times in life when obnoxious individuals will shift the blame onto someone else or pawn off a problem, but in the case of West Ham, the fans have every right to take a step back from what has happened and dissect what has been a disaster-class.

Here’s how it unfolded.

Whilst the Hammers have had ongoing issues that have spanned over a decade, in the more specific picture, Graham Potter was a significant factor in how West Ham United ended up in the Championship.

From Prague to Preston. West Ham United have officially been relegated from the Premier League

The great escape hasn’t been completed. It was a miracle that the Hammers even went into Gameweek 38, the final Matchweek of the Premier League season, with a chance to stay up.

The Hammers ultimately held up their end of the bargain this afternoon after securing three points, but unfortunately, David Moyes’ Everton side put up a miserable performance, one which didn’t even register a shot on target, astonishing.

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

Leeds: Darlow, Bogle, Justin, Rodon, Struijk, Bijol, Ampadu, Tanaka, Aaronson, Nmecha, Calvert-Lewin (C)
Subs: Perri, Byram, Bronauw, Cresswell, Chadwick, James, Piroe, Gnonto, Buonanotte

As the 2025/26 season comes to a close, it means that the Premier League’s ban of betting front-of-shirt sponsors will officially be introduced, which means West Ham United will have to change from Boyle Sports, allowing the betting company to become a sleeve sponsor, which still remains to be allowed.

In the event that the Hammers do face the drop on Sunday, it means that Boyle Sports will remain at the front shirt sponsor as the new rule introduction isn’t the same for the Championship.

With the clock constantly ticking, we’re only now getting closer to the final day of the Premier League, where out of a possible nine outcomes, there’s only just one where West Ham United will remain in the Premier League, which is a victory on our side, and a defeat for Spurs over in North London.

All four teams involved in our fate haven’t received any injuries nor recoveries in the last few days, meaning that cannot be a detrimental factor, unless something is to happen with the remaining time before the inevitable nervy kick-off at 16:00 on Sunday.

Mayhem and heartache await West Ham fans, against all odds, a swing of luck has launched our way, and the confirmation of relegation will be confirmed in the final game week.

How on earth this relegation fight had come down to the final match of the season is impressive in its own regard, but the trembled Hammers in the previous weeks will need to focus on doing their own job, whilst Spurs take on Everton.

No more maths is needed, it’s as simple as this: West Ham United need to win, and Tottenham Hotspur need to lose - that’s all it is.

Worry, fear, disappointment, and dread are all non-existent amongst the West Ham fans; the heart of this club has passed that. This season has been an impending nightmare that was tipped over the edge for numerous reasons and has contained far too many if’s, buts and maybes. It’s a miracle that West Ham even has a chance of staying up going into the final day.

The heart of the club has been stripped, and bar the two purple patches the Hammers had, the season has been nothing short of miserable, an impending doom since October, which says a lot!