London, Dec. 29 -- Relegation-threatened West Ham are committed to backing manager Nuno Espirito Santo in the transfer market next month.

According to BBC sport, the former Wolves, Tottenham and Nottingham Forest boss was appointed as Graham Potter's replacement on September 25.

After starting with four games without a win, the Hammers then lost just one in six before their current run of three successive defeats left them third-bottom, five points behind Forest and seven adrift of in-form Leeds.

The alarming prospect of dropping back into the Championship for the first time in 14 years has brought growing pressure on Nuno.

Relegation was something the controversial move to the 62,500-capacity London Stadium in 2016 was supposed to make...