West Ham is going through an extreme situation in the Premier League. The London team is 18th, occupies relegation places with just 24 points in the 25 games that have already been consumed in the English championship, having achieved just six wins since the curtain of the competition was raised and immersed in a six-game streak without victories. This is how West Ham arrived in February, in clear danger of relegation and with what that would entail not only for the club itself but also for its players.

Where is your team in the #PL table? pic.twitter.com/WDaCCNXMzp — Premier League (@premierleague) February 3, 2020

Relegation clause

According to Daily Mail information, the punishment of the club for losing the category would be a 50% reduction in the salary received by several of its players. Apparently, it is not a fine as such, but this was one of the clauses included in some of the contracts of the 'Hammers' and that could be effective at the end of this season if the Championship ends up being their fate as more than one fears.

In this group are the players who have a higher salary, a situation that although it must be understood as a tool of fiscal and economic protection of the club, would fall over some players who already think about being able to leave West Ham this summer if the clause became effective and its emoluments were visibly reduced.

West Ham streak without winning

- Premier League: Sheffield United 1 - 0 West Ham

- Premier League: West Ham 1 - 1 Everton

- Premier League: Leicester 4 - 1 West Ham

- FA Cup: West Ham 0 - 1 Albion

- Premier League: West Ham 0 - 2 Liverpool

- Premier League: West Ham 3 - 3 Brighton

24 - David Moyes has won none of his last 24 away Premier League games against teams starting the day in the top eight of the league (D8 L16), with this run spanning four different teams (Everton, Man Utd, Sunderland and West Ham). Sheepish. #SHUWHU pic.twitter.com/nmyZ72a0VB — OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) January 10, 2020

From England, they say that the situation at London Stadium is characterized at this point of the campaign by "frustration and tension", a discomfort felt by fans whose patience seems to have come to an end and that has created around David Gold and David Sullivan, the owners of the entity, an atmosphere of pressure that nobody knows how it will end if David Moyes's team fails to recover as soon as possible. Beforehand, it seems difficult for the team to leave their current situation in the coming weeks, since their next commitments will be visits to the top two Premier League sides, first this Sunday against Manchester City and later against Liverpool in Anfield.

With six wins, six draws and 13 losses in 25 games, and after firing Manuel Pellegrini, West Ham today finds itself six points above the bottom team, a Norwich that adds 18, and only one ahead of Norwich, 19th with 23 points. Ahead of them, and outside the relegation zone to the second division, there are Aston Villa with 25, and Bournemouth and Brighton with 26, the teams that are expected to fight to avoid relegation until the end of the season. Considering the complicated fixture that awaits the 'Hammers' until the end of the campaign, with visits to Tottenham, Manchester United and Arsenal included, much will have to change so that Moyes's men do not return to a Championship from which they were promoted for the last time in the 2011/12 campaign.