(Credit: Imago)
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Karren Brady's 'emotional' January admission could worry West Ham fans after defeat to Wolves

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Karren Brady has detailed the January transfer drama that can directly impact West Ham this month.

West Ham lost 3-0 to Wolves at the Molineux on Saturday in a humiliating defeat to a side rock bottom of the Premier League and previously without a win.

Nuno Espirito Santo may be sacked in the coming hours, but David Sullivan and Brady could still back the Portuguese head coach despite a damaging loss.

The Hammers have already made moves in the winter market with the signing of Pablo announced on Thursday, and Lazio's Taty Castellanos is also set to become a West Ham player.

With the Irons backing Nuno with multi-million-pound signings in the midst of the battle for survival, Brady's latest admission may worry supporters.

Karren Brady admits signings are sometimes rushed in January

With the Hammers moving so quickly on their targets, supporters will hope that the recruitment team have done their homework on incoming players.

Brady and Sullivan have been criticised for their handling of West Ham over the years, as January could be the final chance for the pair to redeem themselves.

  • West Ham have agreed a fee in the region of £26million for Castellanos
  • Pablo cost West Ham around £17million
  • West Ham have also been linked with a permanent move for Fulham's Adama Traore

While writing in her column for The Sun's print edition on Saturday, prior to the Wolves debacle, Brady detailed her thoughts on the winter market.

Brady wrote: "The mid-season window has become a crucial tool for squads to reinforce themselves for the final few months of the season, whether that is a title challenge, push up the table, or a dogfight against relegation.

"But what January can also be is chaos. It’s rushed. It’s emotional."

Nuno record
Nuno's West Ham record. (Credit: Imago)

West Ham are the ones in a dogfight against relegation in this case, which makes the importance of acquisitions even more crucial this month.

This key Nuno stat makes West Ham's future seem in doubt

West Ham have won just two times in Nuno's 15 games in charge of the Hammers, and it's hard to see where the next victory is coming from.

The Hammers boss is under increasing pressure at E20 and rightly so, as a 13.3 per cent win ratio is just not good enough.

The performances themselves are offering the West Ham fanbase little to no confidence, either, as the Irons didn't even get a single shot on target against Wolves.

Whether the board sticks with Nuno or not, if Sullivan and Co. panic with transfers like Brady has suggested, then the Hammers will be going down, no matter who is in charge.

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