Nils Koppen's first three months, told on Ironcast
West Ham's Director of Player Recruitment explains how new signings are found, while the women's 3-1 win over Southampton drew the quicker daily crowd.
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"What Goes Into Recruiting A New Player?" ⚒️ | Nils Koppen | Ironcast
What does a club's head of recruitment actually do all day? West Ham put the question straight to the man in the job. Nils Koppen, the Director of Player Recruitment, joined the Ironcast podcast to talk about his first three months at the club and what goes into bringing a new player in.
The comments read like a supporters' review of the interview itself. Many viewers single out how calmly and logically he speaks, several are simply pleased to hear from the man behind the transfers at all, and one picks up on his point about replacing what the dressing room lost when a familiar face left. Others are already looking ahead to January and to the summer window after it.
The week's other upload went to the women's side: highlights of West Ham Women beating Southampton 3-1 in the Women's Players Cup. It went up three days after the podcast and is now drawing more views each day than anything else on the channel, while an eleven-day-old reel of every goal of the season so far, from Jarrod Bowen to Konstantinos Mavropanos, keeps a steady pace behind both.
Overall the channel ran a little below its usual rhythm, with the subscriber count holding at 787,000. Among the football channels of similar size it was one of the calmest, while the quiz channel GOAL's Front Three and the clips channel Fooftly had the loudest weeks. For West Ham, it was a week for listening rather than watching.
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What viewers say
Yeah, good quality interview this. Rate that we've got Nils on the podcast, and rate that he speaks well and logically.
@UltraAitchSee it on YouTubeI like that bloke good vibes
@jordangreen8944See it on YouTubeWhat a great interview. This was really interesting to listen to on my cycle into work. Some good insights into how this role is working now we have Nils on board. He seems like a genuinely good guy to have in this position and gives a lot of hope for our recruitment strategy. Thanks for arranging and sharing it 👌
@hammerpghSee it on YouTube
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- Channel
- West Ham United FC
- Subscribers
- 787,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 182,866
- Videos published this week
- 2
- Video published
- September 28, 2026
- Video views so far
- 27,503
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West Ham won a European trophy in 2023 by beating Fiorentina in the final. Which competition was it?
West Ham beat Fiorentina 2-1 in Prague in June 2023 to lift the Europa Conference League.
