Jack Pitt-Brooke

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1,033 appearances 20 recordings 2 series first heard May 2026 last heard 15 Sep

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The Athletic FC Podcast · How much will relegation cost West Ham? · 25 May 2026 podcast

And so for them to end the season in such a happy way is bizarre. matched

Even more bizarre is the fact that given all this nonsense they've been through this season, they've ended up in exactly the same place they finished last season, which is a 17th place finish in the Premier League, but a kind of strangely happy, positive vibe. matched

Everybody loves the manager. matched

Everyone loves the players again. matched

And it makes me wonder, like, how have they gone through all of this stuff this season on and off the field and ended up in exactly the same place? matched

But I think he's now in a position of huge power at that club. matched

The players worship him, the fans worship him. matched

The club will be immensely grateful to him, even on top of the lavish salary he's paid. matched

The fact is, he's saved them hundreds of millions of pounds. matched

The investment in that salary, in that contract, has been totally justified by the fact that they do not have a huge hole in their finances for next season now. matched

So I think that all means that... matched

My sense on the direction of travel in terms of recruitment is that De Zerbi will have, he will have to have a huge say because he's the guy who means that they're still shopping for Premier League level players. matched

And he was very blunt afterwards in the press conference, having been, you know, since he took the job, he was very like, oh, my players are fantastic. matched

They were such brilliant players. matched

I'm so happy to work with them. matched

And then after they stayed up, he said, he basically said, I think, I think he said there's 10 to 12 players he can count on, which is not that many, to be honest, in a big squad. matched

So yeah, I suspect there will be change coming. matched

And I think to Zerbi will be the one driving it. matched

Well, I think the first big question is the new sporting director. matched

So Tottenham, between the middle of October and the end of January, they had two sporting directors, Johan Lange and Fabio Perattici. matched

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