Reports suggest Leicester City boss Claude Puel has been issued with an ultimatum and it could save West Ham United’s Premier League status.
West Ham travel to Leicester on Saturday afternoon knowing a win will keep them in the Premier League.
West Ham sit 15th and just three points above the bottom three with three games to play while Leicester have been accused of already being on the beach.
The Hammers looked to have turned a corner under David Moyes but the wheels have come off at the worst possible time.
Moyes’ side are without a win in four games and go into the game against the Foxes off the back of consecutive 4-1 defeats to Arsenal and Manchester City.
Doom and gloom has once again enveloped the East London club which seems to lurch from one crisis to another since leaving Upton Park.
Moyes has had a much-publicised bust-up with striker Andy Carroll after he was left on the bench in the defeat to Manchester City.
But Leicester have also been struggling of late with no wins in four and a 5-0 hammering at the hands of Crystal Palace last time out.
That has led to speculation over the future of Foxes boss Claude Puel, with talkSPORT claiming the club’s owners have issued an ultimatum that they must finish the season strongly in order for him to keep his job.
Whether the ultimatum will spur the Foxes on remains to be seen.
But the uncertainty it creates could work in West Ham’s favour at the King Power with the Hammers having a lot more to play for.
Ironically Moyes’ future with the East Londoners is also on the line even at this late stage of the season with fans calling on the club’s unpopular owners to sack the Scot should they lose to the Foxes.
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