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A friend of the site who works for TNT, (formerly BT Sport) has confirmed to us that there has been a flurry of activity in West Ham's press and PR offices at the Stratford stadium where TNT are also based.

News leaked by Fabrizio Romano appeared to take the PR machine of balance, with the general assumption being that an announcement was due to be made on Friday ahead of this week's final home game against Luton on Saturday.

Well there you have it, Hammers appear to have kept the sprat in the form of Julen Lopetegui, instead of the mackerel Ruben Amorim, that they intended to catch! In a way it should come as no surprise that Amorim chose to stay at Sporting as opposed to joining the madhouse that is West Ham United.

Chelsea: Petrovic, Chalobah, Silva, Badiashile, Cucurella, Caicedo, Gallagher (C), Palmer, Madueke, Jackson, Mudryk Subs: Bettinelli, Gilchrist, Gusto, Disasi, Colwill, Casadei, Sterling, Nkunku, Deivid
West Ham: Areola, Coufal, Zouma (C), Ogbonna, Emerson, Alvarez, Soucek, Paqueta, Kudus, Antonio, Bowen Subs: Fabianski, Johnson, Cresswell, Ward-Prowse, Cornet, Ings, Earthy, Casey, Mubama