West Ham United’s revolving door continues to turn. On the fourth head coach in under a year and a half, each new appointment of Moyes, Lopetegui and then Potter brought a whole tranche of hirings-and-firings in the coaching department.

For Nuno’s era we were told the academy quartet of Mark Robson, Steve Potts, Gerard Prenderville, and Billy Lepine were being promoted to assist full time, following their moderate success in stepping-up for the Portuguese head coach’s first two games in charge.

However reported this afternoon, a new appointment to the full-time coaching team has been made. According to the standard.co.uk:”

“..As long-time Nuno Espirito Santo ally joins. The goalkeeper coach was on the bench during West Ham’s 2-0 defeat to Brentford..With whom he has worked with at Nottingham Forest, Al-Ittihad, Tottenham, Wolves, Porto, and Rio Ave…The pair enjoy a 13-year working relationship, and Nuno said he was glad to have Barbosa in his backroom team.“

As the article signs off: “It is hoped Barbosa can instil some confidence in a backline woefully out of form by promoting stability between the sticks, with both Areola and Hermansen flattering to deceive this season.”

Although you’d suspect it will...