It has been a troublesome season for Skinner, who was not backed totally in the summertime switch window and has endured a disappointing run of outcomes.

Her facet have been toying with relegation for just a few seasons however Skinner has managed to information them over the road and herald some thrilling gamers.

She has been shrewd within the switch window with a low price range, discovering methods to signal international gamers who have not met the league’s standards factors by sending them out on mortgage first.

As the primary feminine supervisor on the membership, she has additionally been instrumental in main structural modifications, pushing for extra workers, extra ladies’s medical analysis, maternity help and common stability for the workforce.

Sources at West Ham communicate fondly of Skinner’s dedication throughout her time within the function, however there was an expectation to construct on final season’s performances and ninth-placed end.

However they’ve been disappointing this time period and though they’ve carried out nicely in patches, they’ve constantly lacked organisation and solidity.

At this stage final season, they’d eight factors in comparison with the 5 they at the moment have and Skinner, an skilled coach, will know soccer is a outcomes enterprise.

The timing of West Ham’s choice permits them to reset throughout the winter break and, maybe extra crucially, act within the switch window to construct a squad for her successor.