Julen Lopetegui has not had the best start to his time at West Ham, so the club’s choice to sign the Spaniard should appease their devoted supporters.
The new manager’s start was really bad, and after losing his first three home games, he set an unwelcome record.Because of the Hammers supporters’ impatience, there have even been hints that his tenure “will not end well.”
Christmas is the last chance for Julen Lopetegui to turn things around for West Ham.After their heartbreaking 4-1 loss to Tottenham, the Hammers are currently in 15th place, and it is obvious that fans are not happy with how 2024–2025 has gone.Especially when one takes into account not only the players that Tim Steidten, the technical director, brought in, but also their calibre, as none of them seem to have been close to peak performance thus far.
Hammers supporters can take comfort in the fact that, if nothing changes, Lopetegui will probably be gone by Christmas, even though The Guardian suggests that he will be given time to improve.
Although integrating so many new players into a completely new system was always going to take time, West Ham is currently so inconsistent that it is embarrassing.Even though they have only won two of their first eight Premier League games, their six points—plus two more from draws against Fulham and Brentford—have kept them out of the bottom three.
Fortunately for the Hammers, relegation is by no means a given even if West Ham has a subpar season because, as was the case last season, there are some extremely bad teams in the division.Lopetegui has been granted a stay of execution for the time being, so in eight weeks, things should be improving for the club and its supporters.