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A new West Ham leak has briefed journalists that two out of work managers have been put on standby to replace Julen Lopetegui. Julen Lopetegui is set to endure another week of intense speculation over his West Ham future. The Spaniard has overseen a poor start to life in east London. Saturday’s 3-0 Premier League defeat to Nottingham Forest could have been five or six. Although the water has been muddied slightly by Edson Alvarez’s brainless sending off before half-time. That in itself – West Ham’s third red card of the season and Alvarez’s second – has been seen as a sign of indiscipline and …

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