West Ham boss Lopetegui wants fans to judge him after 38 matches – ‘We’ll talk in May’

Head coach Julen Lopetegui wants sceptical West Ham fans to judge him at the end of 2024/25 after a poor start in east London.

Lopetegui replaced David Moyes this summer but has led to an underwhelming start to the season.

They have lost their first three home matches for the first time in the club’s history and suffered a 5-1 Carabao Cup defeat at Liverpool on Wednesday.

It is a poor return on a summer spending spree of £120million on nine new signings, but Lopetegui insists he is not feeling the heat.

“The coach’s job is always like this,” said the Spaniard. “But it’s no matter. The more important pressure that I feel is to be ready for the next match.

“We have experience about this and we are thinking how to improve the team, t…