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West Ham fires coach Nuno after back-to-back losses in bid to regain Premier League place · Best of: Features

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West Ham fired coach Nuno after back to back losses in bid
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to regain Premier League place. This article is being read by an
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automated voice generated by Everlet. London, the AP. West Ham fired
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coach Nuno Espirito Santo on Tuesday, just 13 games into its second-tier
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campaign to win promotion back to the Premier League. The twenty twenty
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three Conference League winner, which was relegated from the Premier League last
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season, sits eighth in the twenty four team championship after losing back
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to back home games against Southampton and West Bromwich Albion. Following a
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thorough review of the start to the EFL championship season, the Board
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of Directors believe that a change is necessary at this time, in
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order to ensure that the club's objectives and expectations remain on track,
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West Ham said in a statement. Club great Mark Noble is among
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three coaches put in charge of the first team ahead of a
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game Wednesday at Cardiff. Nuno lasted thirteen months after replacing Graham Potter
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at a club that was once renowned for loyalty to managers, but
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has now fired three head coaches since Conference League winner David Moyes
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left in 2024. Nuno previously coached Wolverhampton, Tottenham and Nottingham Forest in
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the Premier League, Porto and Rio Ave in his native Portugal, plus
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Valencia and Saudi Club Al Iditad, see the AP's full soccer coverage
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here.