Slaven Bilic will not be offered a new contract by West Ham United this summer because of the club’s worrying run of form.

It means the manager is set to go into the final year of his three-year deal with his future uncertain. The likelihood is Bilic will then only be offered a new contract next January – at the earliest - if there is a significant improvement in results next season.

A review of Bilic’s position will take place at the end of this campaign – as is the usual policy at West Ham with their managers – although talk over him signing a new deal then, which emerged several weeks ago, has now been shelved, Telegraph Sport understands.

What should be noted, however, is that West Ham do not want to sack Bilic, who remains hugely popular and is a very capable manager, and there is an acknowledgement that he has had to cope with a difficult season. The general perception in football is also that Bilic has done a good job and deserves backing.

The club has moved to a new stadium, the London Stadium, which proved problematic while new signings have largely disappointed and there has been a spate of injuries although there is some unexpected good news with Michail Antonio’s hamstring injury not as serious as first feared. He is pencilled in to return against Arsenal on April 5.