There was a reason why West Ham United failed this season.
England's The Athletic revealed why West Ham fell into such a serious slump this season on the 4th (Korea time). The reason was the locker room split. The media came to West Ham in a painful way that the discord between the two coaches continued this season. Former coach Julen Lopetegui clashed with Jean-Claire Todibo, Alphonse Ireola and Mohamed Kudus. He eventually set the record of being replaced for the shortest time in the club's history.
The Athletic said tensions have been high since Graham Potter took over as Lopetegui's successor in January. According to the official, who asked not to be named, it was revealed that there was a fight between the players. The locker room has had a tumultuous time, and Potter faces a difficult task to lift the spirits of his players.'
West Ham are worse than Manchester United and Tottenham, who have shown the worst performance since the EPL system this season. Even though West Ham are a team that should seek to advance to the European competition if they look at their full strength, the reason why they once worried about relegation was discord.
It has not been revealed which players fought between them, but West Ham was marred by a feud between Lopetegui and the players until the middle of the season, and in the second half of the season, the players clashed. Since soccer is a team sport, you can never win if your internal members are not united and divided. Because the team's atmosphere was completely broken, it was impossible to achieve a full performance.
Given how serious West Ham's performance was, the players openly criticized the team's performance. Nicklas Fühlkruk took the lead when West Ham drew 1-1 at home against Southampton, who had already been relegated, in April.
After the game, Fühlkruk said "I'm really angry. Rather than being disappointed, I'm just angry at what we've shown since we scored. It was so hard to pull the players back forward. We are not moving forward any further. I tried to advance, but I didn't have the ability or motivation to do that. I'm really angry that we play this way. I'm sorry, but we were like garbage"He even uttered abusive language.
It is not possible to say that Fühlkruk's remarks and actions are correct, but West Ham boardzin was not wrong enough to decide not to discipline the player separately. If Ipswich Town, Leicester City and Southampton were not this bad, West Ham might have been relegated. That's how broken the team is.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
