West Ham’s ‘head of recruitment’ Maximilian Hahn has resigned from his role. What does this mean for the club?

It’s not clear what Hahn’s official job title was at West Ham, he joined the club with Tim Steidten in 2024 as Head of Technical Recruitment and Analysis.

However, when Steidten left, Hahn stayed and took on a more important role on the club’s recruitment side.

He didn’t really have an official title after that, but he was the most advanced member of the recruitment team, so he has adopted the ‘head of recruitment’ title for many.

However, seemingly after hearing the club is looking to hire a head of recruitment and Nuno signing his own players in January, Hahn decided to resign from his job in East London, and I can’t blame him.

Dylan Curnell, a boyhood West Ham fan who has worked his way up through the academy analysis team, will take on the role vacated by Hahn.

However, with the reported imminent arrival of a director of football, I can’t imagine Curnell’s role will be anywhere near as involved as Hahn’s was last summer.

Hahn was reportedly instrumental in the deal to bring Mateus Fernandes to the club; he reportedly suggested the club sign him in the summer of 2024, but Lopetegui refused.

He was also said to be crucial in the signings of Diouf, Disasi, Magassa, and Summerville. He also wanted to bring Charlie Cresswell and Tyler Morton to the club this summer, two moves that could have been excellent.

The Hammers wanted Hahn to stay, but his decision was already made up. Losing Hahn when we need to be making moves in the transfer window as soon as possible could be difficult to recover from.