Presenter ExWHUemployee has claimed that Jose Mourinho is not likely to become West Ham United manager at this moment in time.

What’s the word?

Over the course of this season, the Hammers have struggled for consistency and find themselves potentially in a fight to avoid relegation from the Premier League.

As a result, there has been plenty of talk about who could come in to potentially replace David Moyes if the current Irons boss is sacked. The Roma manager is one name to pop up recently.

Indeed, as per the Daily Mail (via West Ham Zone) the former Chelsea, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur man could be key on a return to England and the West Ham job may be offered to him.

However, in a new update shared via The West Ham Way Patreon, Ex revealed that Mourinho is yet to be seriously considered by the board as an option.

He explained: “Despite a lot of speculation today on social media that Jose Mourinho could be in line for a move to West Ham, once more we can deny there is any truth in this.

"The former Chelsea, Manchester United and Spurs manager has been quoted as saying he is unhappy in Italy and that he would like a return to English football. In the past he has often said the English game is where he feels most connected.

"Despite all of this he isn’t a manager that West Ham have ever considered.

"We were told once more by a top source that they remain “desperately keen for David Moyes to turn things round and the signs are better” before going onto say that “Mourinho is not a name that has ever been in our minds”.

Too good to be true?

It's certainly exciting for the club to be linked with such a high-profile name. After all, having won the Champions League, Premier League, La Liga and numerous over major trophies, managers don't come much bigger than Mourinho.

He's tasted success with Roma recently too. Indeed, after winning the Europa Conference League with the Italian side last season, Joe Cole praised the coach, saying: "Roma have got an outstanding manager in Jose."

At Chelsea and Manchester United he picked up an average of 1.96 and 1.97 points per game and while that dropped to 1.77 at Spurs, that's still higher than Moyes has managed at West Ham in his current spell (1.53) or anywhere else for that matter.

With that in mind, Mourinho would be a great upgrade, in theory, but it doesn't seem as though there is much truth in the reports at this moment in time.