🎥 Nuno opens up on West Ham's failed final day bid for PL survival | OneFootball

West Ham have dropped down to the Championship after a dismal 2025/26 Premier League campaign.

Despite a hard-fought 3-0 win over Daniel Farke's Leeds to close the season, their efforts were not enough, thanks to Tottenham's narrow one-nil win over visiting Everton to keep Spurs in the English top flight next season.

As distraught fans remained in the London Stadium amid the realisation that the Hammers will contest the second tier of English football for the first time since the 2011/12 campaign, boss Nuno Espírito Santo gave his thoughts after the final whistle.

"Yeah, it's tough. It's tough." Nuno said, when coming to grips with a reality he wished the Hammers did not have to face.

"We, all of us, we believed. We dreamed that things could be different. We did our part. We knew that it was going to be tough."

"We finished the season with character, with dignity...we played and won the game, but it was not enough. And like I said, a very, very tough day for us."

West Ham will now face the prospect of losing key pieces in the senior side, with star names the likes of Jarrod Bowen, Mateus Fernandes, Crysencio Summerville, and El Hadji Malick Diouf sure to garner transfer interest over the summer.

In an official statement, West Ham acknowledged the "sad and painful" moment for the club.

"The Club wishes to sincerely thank every single one of our supporters for the constant and loyal backing they have given, throughout what has been an extremely difficult and disappointing season," the statement read.

"Ultimately, we have not repaid that support. The plain truth is that we have not been good enough. We must now face the consequences of that failure with honesty, transparency, and a determination to repair, refocus, and rebuild."

"West Ham United is a football club whose unique identity is defined not by success or failure on the pitch, but by the values and traditions of our roots in east London, and by the spirit of the people who have Claret and Blue in their hearts. The Club acknowledges how challenging this season has been for them and knows it must take steps to restore a sense of pride, faith, and belief."

The Hammers will now look to bounce back and return to the Premier League at the first time of asking.

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