Home Sports West Ham technical director Tim Steidten set to LEAVE the club just two weeks after Graham Potter’s arrival – with huge scrutiny facing Hammers’ chief following £130m summer spree

West Ham technical director Tim Steidten set to LEAVE the club just two weeks after Graham Potter’s arrival – with huge scrutiny facing Hammers’ chief following £130m summer spree

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Tim Steidten will leave the West Ham after less than two years in the position of Technical Director.
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The technical director of the West Ham, Tim Steidten, will leave the club and the terms of his departure are currently finalizing.

Steidten was named in July 2023, but has faced a great scrutiny for the summer transfers of the club in which the Hammers spent almost 130 million on new signings.

The German endured a difficult relationship with the previous two coaches of the club, and both David Moyes and Julen Lopetegui forbidden access to the training field.

Steidten’s role in the current window has been considerably reduced this month and co -owner David Sullivan has assumed a leadership role in negotiations.

His departure occurs after the new Chief Graham Potter hired a new recruitment leader: Kyle Macaulay, who worked with him in Chelsea and Brighton.

Macaulay is not a direct replacement of Steidten, since it occupies the vacant position left by the former recruitment chief Rob Newman, who left in the summer, but Mail Sport understands that he is already assuming many of Steidten’s tasks.

Tim Steidten will leave West Ham after less than two years in the position of technical director

Graham Potter brought with him the long -term recruitment analyst Kyle Macaulay (right) to the London stadium.

Graham Potter brought with him the long -term recruitment analyst Kyle Macaulay (right) to the London stadium.

It is currently not clear if Steidten will be replaced.

“Kyle has been part of my staff during the last ten years, although I have been training from Sweden,” Potter said about Macaulay. “I know him well and he knows me well.

“It is a good link between the coach and the club in terms of hiring, in terms of the hours and the depth of the conversations that must be had around hiring.

“It is easier to have them with Kyle than with me because I am clearly in the field and working with the 20 players we have here.

‘I am very happy with that appointment. It is something that was always going to happen. It was just a matter of when. Obviously I am delighted to be here.

Steidten was acclaimed as “one of the most admired football administrators” when he was appointed by the West Ham, after working at Bayer Leverkusen and Werder Bremen.

The 45 -year -old man influenced the incorporation of Mohammed Kudus, Edson Álvarez and Konstantin Mavropanos in his first transfer window to the club, but has faced criticism for the hiring campaign of almost 130 million this summer.

Niclas Fullkrug arrived for £ 27 million from Borussia Dortmund, but most of the season was lost due to injury, while the Brazilian adolescent extreme Luis Guilherme signed for £ 25 million, but has not yet started in a Premier match League and has played only 45 minutes throughout the season.

Steidten was criticized for a summer hiring campaign of £ 130 million, which included the signing of Niclas Fullkrug.

Steidten was criticized for a summer hiring campaign of £ 130 million, which included the signing of Niclas Fullkrug.

Steidten was asked to remain away from the locker room towards the end of the management of David Moyes and Julen Lopetegui.

Steidten was asked to remain away from the locker room towards the end of the management of David Moyes and Julen Lopetegui.

The decision to allow James Ward-Prowse, an experienced Premier League activist, joins Nottingham Forest is another questionable transfer decision.

Earlier this month, as the pressure on Lopetegui increased, Steidten was told to remain away from the club’s training field.

The German relationship with the then chief of the Hammers had deteriorated in the middle of the lousy state of the team.

The same measure was taken towards the end of the mandate of Moyes in eastern London, because he spoke with possible replacements of the former MAN United head.

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