West Ham co-chairman David Gold says the club will not talk to manager Sam Allardyce about a new contract until their Premier League future is secured. Allardyce's current deal expires at the end of the season.
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West Ham are 11th in the Premier League with 30 points, but have only won one of their last six league games.
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"We will sit down and discuss Sam's contract situation once our Premier League status has been confirmed and not before," Gold said in a statement.
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"This is purely because the three of us [Allardyce, Gold and co-chairman David Sullivan] don't want anything to distract attention from our aim of finishing as high up the Premier League table as possible."
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The Hammers have outperformed last season's other two promoted sides - Reading and Southampton - but defeat at Aston Villa on Sunday did not please Gold.
Then they must be other serious issues to attend to. Sure it'll commence soon
They've done well in the league so far let's see if they can hang on to their current position