The five managers West Ham should avoid this summer

Manager Sam Allardyce’s future at West Ham is about as mysterious as Wigan Athletic’s journey from FA Cup victory to League One in three seasons.

Despite being on course to deliver the Hammers’ best points total since gaining promotion to the Premier League in 2012, Big Sam’s position at Upton Park is more uncertain than ever.

Any team that is being managed by the former Blackburn Rovers gaffer is guaranteed top flight football. With the Olympic Stadium in the offing, the East Londoners cannot afford a battle against the drop for next season.

Nevertheless, the amount of big name managers that have been linked with replacing Allardyce has been incredible, some of whom have won the Champions League.

So, should he stay or should he go is the big question.

However, if he is to go, here are five managers that owners David Gold and David Sullivan should just forget about appointing…

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Steve McClaren

Not that Newcastle United have helped the Hammers out in the past, but they would be doing them a massive favour in appointing McClaren as manager at St. James Park.

Dubbed one of the worst England manager’s in history, and failed to get Derby County promoted from a good position in the Championship after a short stint at Nottingham Forest just shows the progression of the former Middlesbrough man.

For the ex-FC Twente boss to turn down a move at a big club in the Premier League is remarkable, with the Hammers faithful hoping that he isn’t waiting for West Ham to come calling.

Glenn Hoddle

Why does the former Tottenham Hotspur gaffer still get linked with every job that comes available in the Premier league considering how long he’s been out of the game?

It’s been a notable nine years since failing to get Wolves into the play-offs, yet the ex-Chelsea player is always the first name to be linked with a managerial position.

However, Hoddle is very comfortable with his football punditry and gives incisive and expert opinions that are extremely interesting.

One thing that Hoddle should make of note is don’t quit the day job for football management.

Gus Poyet

His spell at the Stadium of Light with Sunderland just needs to speak for itself.

The way he bowed out with the relegation burdened side is also another major reason why West Ham should avoid the Uruguayan at all costs.

In 60 Premier League games, Poyet only managed 14 wins, a win rate of just 23%. Once more, Poyet’s Sunderland only managed 53 goals then and was the league’s ‘draw specialists’.

To install the former Spurs’ assistant manager in the Upton Park hot seat is extremely risky ahead of the Olympic Stadium move in 2016.

Paul Lambert

Like Poyet, just looking at Paul Lambert’s Aston Villa record after a solid spell in East Anglia with Norwich City is enough to steer away from the former Borussia Dortmund player.

Of the 139 matches he has managed in England’s top flight, Lambert managed just 37 wins, the same number of draws and 65 losses, a win rate of just 27%.

Once more, Lambert’s transfer policy of developing young talent from the lower regions of English and European football is the reason why the club the size of Villa have struggled to maintain a steady season for the past three years.

Harry Redknapp

Despite the vast amount of Premier League and European football under his belt as a manager, trying to persuade Redknapp to come back to West Ham would be a mistake.

Redknapp performed a minor miracle at Tottenham Hotspur between 2008-2012, saving them from the bottom of the table, to facing Real Madrid in the Champions League. In four seasons, that is a fantastic rate of progress.

However, looking at his stint at QPR, Redknapp has failed to resurrect the West Londoners from the drop into, at the very least, mid-table regular’s.

Has the former Southampton and Portsmouth chief lost his mojoe or has the 68 year old still got it?