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West Ham eyeing coach Thomas Frank said could become ‘one of the top managers in Europe’ as potential Julen Lopetegui replacement
West Ham United manager Julen Lopetegui is reportedly on the brink of being sacked from his role.
TBR Football understands that West Ham chairman David Sullivan may soon feel h🌼e has no choice but to dismiss Lopetegui if the threat of relegation continues to grow.
Although Sullivan would rather not fire Lopetegui, West Ham are now languishing i🧜n 14th place in the Premier League table and discontent is growing among fans.
The Hammers are now said to be looking at potential replacements, with former Porto head coach Sergio Conceicao keen on ♚taking the West Ham reins.
Florian Plettenberg has now reported that the Hammers are eyeing a coach who Thomas Frank said has what it takes to become “one o🌜f the top managers in 🌺Europe”.
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West Ham eyeing former Denmark boss Kasper Hjulmand
The manager 🦹in question is Kasper Hjulmand, whose🐬 last role saw him manage the Denmark men’s national team.
Plettenberg, writing on X, reported that the 52-year-old is one of💦 the candidates West Ham are considering if Lopetegui i💧s sacked.
Hjulmand, who is currently a free agent, is “readyᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ for a new challenge”, added the Sky Sಌport Germany journalist.
TBR Football understands that Tim Steidten is a fa♏n of Hjulmand, alo🤪ng with former Borussia Dortmund boss Edin Terzic.
Meanwhile, Sky Sports journalist Kaveh Solhekol has claimed that West Ham are 60 percꦚent likely to sack Lopetegu🐻i by Friday.
Who is West Ham manager target Kasper Hjulmand?
Hjulmand began his coaching journey in 1998 when he took the reins of Lyngby’s youth team an𓃲d rose to become the Danish club’s head coach by 2006.
Hജe has also had two spells at Nordsjaelland, either side of a stint with Mainz 05, before taking the reins of the Denmark men’s national team
Hjulmand managed his nation at Euro 2020, the 2022 World Cup, aꦯnd Euro 2024.
Bre൩ntford manager Thomas Frank sung the praises of the reported West Ham target back in 2021, when he managed Denmark at Euro 2020.
“Kasper has always been i💫nteresജted in learning new things and developing new ideas,” Frank wrote in .
“When he coached Nordsjaelland in the Daౠnish Superliga, he was one of the first managers to ꦡcreate a team that dominated the ball and pressed high up the pitch.
“As a coach, he is wi🙈lling to change his team’s system within the match. How many managers in the Premier League are willing to do the same? There are not many.
“It is not always the completely right thing to do, of course, but it is about being brave a🎐nd being one step ahead. It is innovative, and that is the way Kasper has always been.
“I believe there are three areas in which a coach needs to score highly: man-management, lead༺ership and th🍬e technical side of the game.
“If you want to be one of the top managers in Europe, you need to score high in each of these areas. Kasper does, and his emo꧃tional intelligence is also extremely high.”