West Ham vice-chairman Karren Brady admits it is “DISAPPOINTING” to be in a relegation fight after spending an “extraordinarily large amount of money” last summer, but continues to back boss David Moyes.
- West Ham’s relegation fears grew after their 4-0 defeat at Brighton on Saturday
- Vice-chairman Karren Brady admitted it’s been a ‘disappointing season’ at the club
- He urged West Ham to spend an “extraordinarily large amount of money” last year.
Relegation-threatened West Ham will continue to support under-pressure manager David Moyes, although Irons vice-chairman Karren Brady urged that it has been a “disappointing season” considering the “extraordinarily” expensive window the club experienced on last summer.
The Hammers’ relegation fears mounted after their humiliating 4-0 defeat against Brighton at the Amex last weekend, with Moyes’ side sitting just one point and two places above the feared relegation zone.
Despite leading West Ham to successive top-seven finishes, qualifying for European football in back-to-back seasons, Moyes is under significant pressure at London Stadium as he prepares for an all-powerful relegation fight, with six points separating nine teams in the bottom of the Premier League table.
When asked about the torrid campaign, Brady could not hide his disappointment, insisting that West Ham spent a lot of money last summer and have yet to reap the rewards.
West Ham signed Brazilian international Lucas Paquetá for a club-record fee of £53m last summer, while also luring Gianluca Scamacca for £35m from Sassuolo and Nayef Aguerd for £35m from Rennes.
West Ham vice-chairman Karren Brady has admitted the club spent an “extraordinarily large” amount of money last summer but continues to back David Moyes despite the “disappointing” campaign.
The Hammers manager (above) is under significant pressure amid West Ham’s relegation scrap
Maxwel Cornet (£17.5m), Emerson (£15m), Thilo Kehrer (£15m) and Alphonse Areola (£7.75m) rounded out a costly summer window for the Hammers, who were eager to start and continue to challenge for places in and around the top six.
“I can’t pressure David Moyes because he puts enough on himself,” Brady said. bbc sport.
‘The really important thing is that everyone sticks together to be really focused, to understand what the issues are.
‘It has been a disappointing season. After two great seasons and the success we’ve had in Europe, things haven’t gone the way we wanted.
“We spend an extraordinarily large amount of money in the summer. It certainly takes time for people to adjust and create a new way of playing with so many new players.’
Speaking after the 4-0 defeat at the south coast, Moyes admitted it was disappointing to underperform after a successful 4-0 win against Nottingham Forest the previous weekend.
That’s football to you, isn’t it? We won well last week at home and then we lost badly away from home again today,” she said during her post-match interview.
Brady watches the Irons alongside Paul Peschisolido (right) at London Stadium in February
West Ham captain Declan Rice shows a dejected figure after his team’s 4-0 defeat against Brighton.
‘What went wrong? I would have to praise Brighton but we lost a terrible first goal on a penalty, [which] we should have dealt easily. The second one was from a corner kick, so we’re climbing right away.
“And at the time it wasn’t all about good play by Brighton that got them the goals, I felt we certainly could have dealt with the penalty kick situation.” [and] I felt like we should have handled the corner better than we did.
Hoping to use the Europa Conference League as a tonic for their miserable Premier League form, West Ham travels to Cyprus to take on AEK Larnaca in the first leg of the round of 16.
The Hammers return home to face Aston Villa in the Premier League on Sunday.