Nuno Espirito Santo announced academy coaches Mark Robson, Steve Potts, Gerard Prenderville, and Billy Lepine as permanent members of his backroom team over the international break, and he has now added Barbosa, whom he has worked with at Nottingham Forest, Al-Ittihad, Tottenham, Wolves, Porto, and Rio Ave.

The scale of the task taken on by the Portuguese was exposed as Brentford eased to a comfortable win at a mutinous London Stadium

Jarrod Bowen has praised Nuno Espirito Santo’s early work at West Ham and isn’t ruling out a surprise push for Europe. Nuno replaced Graham Potter at the London Stadium in September after a poor start to the season, and the former Nottingham Forest boss appears to have quickly steadied the ship.

Konstantinos Mavropanos injury latest as Nuno Espirito Santo confirms double blow - The defender joins Niclas Fullkrug on the sidelines

Nuno Espirito Santo has been sent an open letter by West Ham United fans as they dig in ahead of their latest battle with the club’s owners. Pressure Group Hammers United are leading calls for supporters to boycott next Monday’s home game against Brentford.

Mick Brown believes Nuno Espirito Santo is plotting a move to bring Fulham star Adama Traore to West Ham in January or next summer.

West Ham yielded mixed results under Potter in a wing-back formation, but Nuno will hope for improvement if he is to impose the system

Nuno Espirito Santo has warned West Ham that they are "going to have problems" this season after their 2-0 defeat to Brentford.

Tomas Soucek could struggle to find a spot in the West Ham line-up under Nuno Espirito Santo after his recent exploits.

Nuno confirmed that Konstantinos Mavropanos is out with injury. The defender will have a scan to "see the real injury that he has", but the Forest boss was unable give a timeframe for his return.