West Ham have sounded out former Borussia Dortmund boss Edin Terzic as a possible substitute for Julen Lopetegui, talkSPORT understands.
The Hammers are making ready for the eventuality that the previous Wolverhampton Wanderers supervisor can’t flip their poor begin to the season round.
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As beforehand reported, Hammers proprietor David Sullivan is eager to offer Lopetegui extra time.
Nonetheless, the West Ham chief is alarmed at their file of solely three wins from their first 11 Premier League video games.
Director of soccer Tim Steidten is a giant admirer of Terzic, who led Dortmund to final season’s Champions League closing.
The 42-year-old labored as a scout and coach for Dortmund’s academy throughout ex-Liverpool supervisor Jurgen Klopp’s time on the membership.
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He then served as Slaven Bilic’s assistant at Turkish membership Besiktas between 2013 and 2015, earlier than the pair went to West Ham collectively.
They had been on the membership between 2015 and 2017.
West Ham completed seventh and eleventh, together with his second season being the membership’s first on the London Stadium.
Bilic was sacked after a poor run of outcomes firstly of the 2017/18 season.
Terzic left with him, then returning to Dortmund as a coach in 2018.
He served as interim supervisor on the finish of the 2020/21 season, and have become everlasting boss forward of the 2022/23 marketing campaign.
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Final season, he guided the membership to fifth place, in addition to the Champions League closing.
Nonetheless, they had been crushed 2-0 by Actual Madrid within the showpiece occasion at Wembley in June.
Regardless of being contracted till 2025, Terzic left the membership on the finish of final season, citing a need to permit the membership to start a brand new period.
Lopetegui has already below strain this season, with the Hammers sitting in 14th within the desk.
They’re 5 factors above third-from-bottom Crystal Palace.
Final season they completed ninth, waving goodbye to long-serving supervisor David Moyes.
Whereas the West Ham hierarchy have already started to sound out alternate options for Moyes’ successor, talkSPORT’s Rory Jennings has tipped Ruud van Nistelrooy to take over.
The previous Manchester United star, who simply completed his interim supervisor spell at Outdated Trafford, is now obtainable.
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Lopetegui might want to get outcomes shortly, with their subsequent conflict being at Newcastle on Monday, reside on talkSPORT.
West Ham then host Arsenal on the finish of the month.