Graham Potter is safe as West Ham manager for now, talkSPORT understands.
But the Hammers boss is already under boardroom pressure to turn around their poor start to the season.
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The Irons have lost both their first two games, conceding eight goals in the process, following Friday’s 5-1 thrashing at home by London rivals Chelsea.
Sources close to David Sullivan say the West Ham owner is concerned by Potter’s wider record of only five wins from 20 Premier League games since replacing Julen Lopetegui midway through last season.
talkSPORT understands Potter believes he is being hamstrung by previous poor recruitment, which means he can only spend what the club bring in from sales.
He would also have liked to keep Mohammed Kudus, who was sold to Tottenham for around £55million.
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‘He’s a great man’ – Karren Brady backs Potter
West Ham vice-chair Brady recently came out in support of the club’s under-fire boss during her visit to talkSPORT Towers.
Speaking a day after their 3-0 defeat to Sunderland last weekend, she told the Sunday Edition: “I wish yesterday could start all over again.
“It’s so tough to take. It’s never easy for the supporters, the players, or the manager to lose 3-0, particularly in the opening game of the season.
“I spent a lot of time with the manager and the squad in America on the preseason tour. The spirit amongst them is fantastic. I know that they’ll be more disappointed, that they’ll be the most disappointed people this morning.
“I know we’ll see a reaction and I know they want to turn it around and they’ll want to turn it around quickly.
“Graham is a forward thinking manager. He’s sort of calm under pressure. He’s very detailed in his approach. He’s a great man, manager of players.
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“He builds a special relationship with players and they understand where he’s coming from.
“He has a modern mindset and all of those things mean it does take some time to put a team together, to get the team playing the way that you want.
“West Ham is not a club that panics about its managers. We tend to stick with them, tend to support people, stick with them and see it through.
“I really hope he does well. He’s a pleasure to work with. He’s incredibly professional. I know the players respect him.
“I know his relationship with the players is good. I know he’ll be sitting down with them today to have a long, hard think about what went wrong yesterday, expecting a reaction and expecting to put it right.”
