West Ham looking at amazing 4-3-3 boss who could turn Kudus into a monster

Issues hold going from dangerous to worse for West Ham, as they misplaced but once more within the Premier League, dropping 3-1 to Leicester Metropolis on the King Energy Stadium.

Regardless of having extra of the ball (61% possession), extra photographs (31 photographs), and better xG generated within the recreation (3.10) it was the Foxes who swiped all three factors.

West Ham now have only one win of their final 5 video games, conceding 11 objectives in these 5 video games, and solely scoring 5. They’re simply six factors off the drop now, sitting in 14th place, as they put together to face Wolves subsequent at The London Stadium.

Wolves sit nineteenth within the Premier League with simply 9 factors, and a loss for Julen Lopetegui may spell the top of his West Ham reign, with the Hammers already compiling a shortlist of doable replacements, ought to they determine to behave upon it.

West Ham contemplating 4-3-3 supervisor

In keeping with experiences from Sky Sports activities Germany’s Florian Plettenberg, former Denmark supervisor, Kasper Hjulmand, is among the candidates West Ham are contemplating ought to they determine to sack Lopetegui. The 52-year-old is presently out of a job, and is reportedly “prepared for a brand new problem”.

Hjulmand is a coach who has usually most popular a 4-3-3, however he has proven with Denmark his adaptability with formations and methods of organising his aspect, deploying loads of three on the again shapes (3-4-2-1, 3-5-2), and has additionally deployed a 4-2-3-1.

In his 54 matches answerable for Denmark between 2020-2024, Hjulmand managed a points-per-match common of 1.93, the very best of his profession thus far. Different golf equipment he has managed earlier than embody Nordsjaelland (on a number of separate events) and FSV Mainz.

The truth is, Hjulmand is even accustomed to certainly one of West Ham’s star gamers from his time at Nordsjaelland, managing Mohamed Kudus again in 2019, who made 57 appearances for the Danish membership, scoring 14 objectives and offering three assists, earlier than incomes his transfer to Ajax.

Mohammed Kudus beneath Hjulmand

This appointment might be excellent for Kudus with a view to rediscover his greatest type which he arrived from Ajax with final season at West Ham. In his debut Premier League yr, the attacker made 45 appearances in all competitions, scoring 14 objectives and offering six assists.

To this point this season, the 24-year-old has solely scored twice and assisted as soon as in his 11 appearances, struggling to have the identical affect on this West Ham aspect, beginning many video games from the left-wing, moderately than his most popular proper aspect.

When evaluating Kudus’s metrics from final 2023/24 to 2024/25, it really seems lots of his numbers have improved, however as a substitute of seeing a rise in his output, it has really resulted in a lower.

A lot of this might be put right down to his place beneath Lopetegui, having to play on the left, and subsequently not arriving in his greatest zones of motion, the place he thrived final marketing campaign, chopping inside on his left foot to unleash that lethal shot of his. As a substitute, this time round, the Ghanaian usually finds himself both arriving on the again submit on his weaker foot or taking unfavourable angles on his stronger left.

Hjulmand being appointed, and figuring out the sheer high quality of Kudus, subsequently, might be an ideal mixture to get the most effective out of him, returning him to his favoured proper, and unlocking that skill to chop inside on a extra frequent foundation.