Some Hammers fans are enjoying the fact Spurs are in turmoil but it is actually terrible news for West Ham as Antonio Conte faces the sack.
It is fair to say there is no love lost between West Ham and Tottenham Hotspur.
Spurs supporters have taken great pleasure in West Ham’s dire situation in the Premier League as the very real threat of a disastrous relegation looms large.
Tottenham may be competing for a Champions League spot, but they too have been surrounded by doom and gloom for most of the season.
Spurs fans have been calling for new owners and for manager Conte to be sacked.
Many are sick of his negative, risk averse approach – sound familiar West Ham fans? And there have been calls for the club to bring back Mauricio Pochettino – who has also been linked with a return to London with the Hammers.
Conte ripped into Spurs in an astonishing rant after their 3-3 draw with rock-bottom Southampton at the weekend.
And it has been the talk of the football world since. Naturally West Ham supporters have been lapping it up.
But the Spurs turmoil is actually terrible news for West Ham as Conte faces the sack.
According to a host of reports including The Telegraph, Tottenham will sack Conte imminently amid the chaos in north London.
West Ham must be wary of wishing too much ill on their bitter rivals, though.
Because Spurs could play a major role in deciding whether West Ham are relegated or not.
Having just played Southampton, Tottenham now face FOUR of West Ham’s direct relegation rivals in their last 10 games.
Effectively every other game Spurs play between now and May will have a direct impact on West Ham’s survival hopes.
It starts in the first weekend after the international break with Tottenham away at Everton.
Two weeks later they take on Bournemouth before playing Crystal Palace at the start of May and then Leeds in the last game of the season at Elland Road.
So while it may make West Ham fans wince to be willing on Spurs to win, they have little choice given the desperate situation David Moyes and his players find themselves in.
Tottenham could deny those four relegation rivals 12 points or – in a worse case scenario – offer it up on a plate to make West Ham’s bid to stay up all the more difficult.
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