Tim Steidten’s poor relationship with managers at West Ham could stop him from getting a new job.

While Julen Lopetegui has received the large majority of the criticism for West Ham’s poor form, it would be harsh to say that he is solely responsible.

Unfortunately, as good as it was on paper, the Hammers’ Summer transfer window may not have been a total success. Signings like Fullkrug, Rodriguez, and Soler are all looking like disappointments which means Tim Steidten must take at least some responsibility.

Surprisingly, the German director of football has been linked with a move to Arsenal to replace Edu as their technical director. However, Hammers scout Mick Brown claims that this is unlikely as Steidten would clash with Arteta’s big personality.

“I couldn’t believe when I heard his name linked,” he told Football Insider. “You’re instrumental in getting Werder Bremen relegated, then you go to Leverkusen and leave under a cloud, then you come to West Ham, against the wishes of the then-manager, and eventually play a part in getting him sacked. Then out of all of that, you’re mentioned with the Arsenal job? It’s madness. I’m staggered.”

“You’d think, looking at his record there, the powers that be at Arsenal would look elsewhere.”

“A lot of these moves are agent-driven, so that has almost certainly played a part.”

“But his record with managers is very poor. Even just at West Ham, he’s clashed with Moyes and now he’s clashed with Lopetegui. Moyes even had to ban him from the training ground because he was always in the ears of the players.”

“We know Arteta is a strong influence there, and it wouldn’t shock me to see them clash as well. I just can’t see this happening. I think it’s highly unlikely and everything points to it being media talk rather than any serious interest from Arsenal.”

Whether or not there’s any truth to the Arsenal links remains to be seen, but it certainly would be a strange move for them. What Steidten’s relationship with Lopetegui is actually like is also unknown, but with the blame game that’s going on at the moment it wouldn’t be surprising if there is a bit of tension building.