West Ham co-chairman David Sullivan insists manager Slaven Bilic has the board's backing.

After yesterday's crisis talks, following defeat to Arsenal, Sullivan wrote for whufc.com:

"I saw Slaven's comments after the game and as always he was completely honest with his assessment.

"Slaven cares passionately about the Football Club and this defeat will be hurting him as much as anyone.

"I have no doubts that he is doing everything he can to address the situation and everyone is working together to ensure we turn our season around.

"We cannot forget the amazing job that Slaven did in his first season at the Club. With a bit more luck he could have taken us into the top four.

"His passion, commitment and outstanding track record at the highest level were among the many reasons we appointed Slaven in the summer of 2015."