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Former West Ham United manager Harry Redknapp has expressed serious concerns over the club’s poor start to the Premier League season.
The Hammers fell to a 2-0 defeat at home to Brentford on Monday, leaving them with just one win from their opening eight matches.
More alarming for many fans was the lack of competitiveness on display, with Nuno Espirito Santo’s side struggling to trouble their visitors despite several changes to the line-up.
West Ham’s difficulties extend beyond Monday’s result. They have scored only six goals this season while conceding 18 – the highest tally in the division. Aside from El Hadji Malick Diouf and Jarrod Bowen, few players have shown consistent form, and uncertainty remains over Nuno’s preferred starting XI.
Redknapp, who managed the club between 1994 and 2001, told talkSPORT that Nuno faces a huge challenge.
“I must be honest, Gabby [Agbonlahor],” he said. “I look at the team, you take Bowen out of the team, and you start to look at that team and think, ‘my God’, it looks a very average team. I must be truthful.
“He’s got his work cut out there, Nuno. He’s gone in there and he’s got it all to do, I think. If he keeps them up and gets them out of trouble, I think that’s a good job.”
With the club already being tipped by some for relegation, West Ham’s next fixtures are likely to prove decisive in shaping Nuno’s tenure at the London Stadium.
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