West Ham United manager Nuno Espirito Santo wants to offload James Ward-Prowse in January | OneFootball

West Ham United manager Nuno Espirito Santo wants to offload James Ward-Prowse in January, according to the Times.

The midfielder featured in all six of the opening games of the season under Graham Potter.

However, Ward-Prowse has been omitted from each of the four matchday squads Nuno has selected since his appointment.

The Portuguese started life as West Ham boss with a 1-1 draw against Everton, but has watched on helplessly as defeats to Arsenal, Brentford and Leeds United followed.

Nuno has preferred others ahead of Ward-Prowse in his team, and he will hope the Hammers can sell him and use the funds to strengthen his squad.

He wants to sign a striker and a defender during the winter transfer window. However, there is little hope of landing a decent fee for Ward-Prowse.

The Englishman joined Nottingham Forest on loan for the 2024-25 season, but it was terminated after five months, and it appears he fell out with Nuno at the time.

They were reunited at West Ham last month, and the manager has no plans to reconcile with him.

However, Nuno needs to start getting the desired results in the coming weeks if he still wants to be in charge of the Hammers when the winter transfer window opens.

There are ten Premier League games before then, and the West Ham board will not hesitate to act if their fortunes do not improve in the coming weeks.

They are currently 19th in the table after picking up just one win and one draw in nine league games, but they have enough time to turn things around.