West Ham have rung Celtic in recent days to get their word in for Belgium midfielder Arne Engels, but many others are doing so, making it a complicated deal.

The Hammers are looking to take advantage of Engels’ situation as he has made it known to Celtic that he would like to not remain at the club beyond the summer. Whilst that’s seemingly a positive, the negative is that this notification hasn’t only gone out to West Ham, and both AC Milan and Roma are trying to convince him to join.

An exit is guaranteed, but to where is unknown.

As anticipated with the players, the Hammers are also expected to face a full revamped back room staff coming into next season, with the expectation of Nuno to be backed with people he feels he can best work with rather than the cheaper alternative.

Not necessarily affecting Nuno directly, but this morning, Maximilian Hahn has resigned from his recruitment position at West Ham, with Dylan Curnell promoted to a more senior position.

Dylan is a boyhood Hammers fan who has spent over seven years at the club working as part of our academy analysis team.

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.