Some West Ham United fans have been reacting to claims about the future of David Moyes.
West Ham sacked Manuel Pellegrini at the end of December and controversially replaced him with Moyes.
The Scot’s return to East London was not popular with Hammers fans.
But owners David Sullivan and David Gold looked to have been vindicated when Moyes oversaw a 4-0 victory over Bournemouth in his first game.
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West Ham have failed to win a single league game since in six attempts, though.
As a result West Ham have slipped into the relegation zone at the worst possible time.
Back-to-back away games against Manchester City and Liverpool loom on the horizon either side of the inaugural winter break.
A claim emerged on social media on Tuesday night that Moyes could be sacked and replaced by former Hammers managerial target (Sky Sports) Rafa Benitez.
Twitter account Indykalia News, which describes itself as the ‘home of breaking football news and transfer updates using respected sources’, told its 300,000 followers that Moyes was in danger of being sacked.
Moyes out, Benitez in rumour claims
That was followed by another claim that Benitez could leave China – where he currently manages Dalian Yifang – and that he would be ‘very keen on the West Ham job’.
The credibility of the source and the claim is questionable at this stage.
Reliable insider ExWHUemployee reacted to the rumour saying Moyes could be in danger but claimed he was safe for now.
But that has not stopped some West Ham fans having their say on the matter.
The general consensus was disbelief with many fans feeling it was simply too good to be true.
‘Want it to happen, but it won’t’
Others doubt the validity of the claims from the source.
Here are a selection of responses from West Ham supporters reacting to the claims on Twitter.
‘Had his chance and went for the money, jog on Rafa’
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