The Chilean press have been reporting for a while now that Manuel Pellegrini to West Ham is a strong possibility.
Over the past few days they’ve ramped that up, and yesterday morning reported the former Manchester City manager would be holding talks on Sunday and it’s ‘highly probable’ he’ll sign a contract.
Saturday’s edition of Chilean newspaper La Tercera covers the same thing. West Ham are now ‘waiting’ for Pellegrini to arrive, and as long as everything goes smoothly it’s expected he’ll be the club’s new manager.
It’s stated West Ham will have ‘around $40m to invest’, although that could be speculation.
West Ham are dubbed ‘the workers’ team of England’: ‘West Ham is synonymous with tradition in English football. Founded in 1895, it has historically been the representative picture of the working class.’
La Tercera then have to tell the readers there’s not been much success recently, but add it hasn’t harmed the popularity of the club.
The ‘whole identity’ of West Ham is said to be based on the club’s supporters, and I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles is explained to Chileans: ‘a song that speaks of love forever tested and resistance to adversity’
La Tercera hope Pellegrini is the man to stop the West Ham bubble from continually bursting.
Nice isn’t it?
