Graham Potter has not been left with any doubt about his managerial ability after making a poor start to the season but he has warned West Ham will struggle to improve if they do not learn from previous mistakes in the transfer market.<\/p>\n
Potter, who is looking for a response from his players in Friday evening\u2019s home game against Chelsea, inherited an ageing squad after his appointment as manager in January. He is urgently looking for reinforcements after losing 3-0 to Sunderland<\/a> last Saturday but West Ham have not landed many of their top targets and found a tight budget limited by the difficulty of selling players who are on lucrative long-term deals.<\/p>\n There is hope that the club, who are paying the price for ill-advised spending sprees in recent summer windows, will be able to sign two midfielders after agreeing to send Edson \u00c1lvarez on loan to Fenerbahce<\/a>. But Potter, who works closely with his recruitment chief, Kyle Macaulay, stressed that he will avoid quick fixes after being asked if he is worried about a lack of depth in several key areas.<\/p>\n \u201cWe need a few silver bullets, not just one,\u201d the former Chelsea<\/a> manager said. \u201cWe analyse where we think the improvements can be and then we have to try to work within the financial position of the club to make the right decision to bring the right player and the right person here. If I look historically, West Ham have spent money, have signed players. Signing players is easy. It doesn\u2019t mean that they\u2019re going to be the right ones.<\/p>\n \u201cIt doesn\u2019t mean to say that the team\u2019s going to improve. It doesn\u2019t mean to say that in six months\u2019 time you\u2019re stuck with a player that\u2019s on too much money, that\u2019s too old and you can\u2019t sell them. It would be nice to have \u00a3200m to spend but that\u2019s not the case. I have to work with what I have responsibly.\u201d<\/p>\n Potter has won only five league games since replacing Julen Lopetegui<\/a>. \u201cI have no doubt whatsoever about my ability,\u201d he said. \u201cI have no doubt about the players and I have no doubt about the team that we\u2019ll improve. I understand people will be critical. That\u2019s the world we\u2019re in. No point complaining about it. I couldn\u2019t care less what you guys think or what people say from outside.\u201d<\/p>\n Potter suggested that West Ham became too emotional after going behind against Sunderland. He added that he trusts the squad\u2019s leadership group of Nayef Aguerd, Jarrod Bowen, Niclas F\u00fcllkrug, Maximilian Kilman, Tomas Soucek and James Ward-Prowse to lift the mood in the dressing room.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Enzo Maresca has said Wesley Fofana is happy at Chelsea despite the defender removing pictures of himself playing for the club from his Instagram account.<\/p>\n The 24-year-old, who was an unused substitute during Sunday\u2019s 0-0 draw at home to Crystal Palace<\/a>, previously did the same in 2022 as he sought a move away from Leicester, just before sealing a \u00a370m switch to Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n skip past newsletter promotion<\/a><\/p>\n Sign up to Football Daily<\/p>\n Kick off your evenings with the Guardian’s take on the world of football<\/p>\n Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. For more information see our Privacy Policy<\/a>. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google Privacy Policy<\/a> and Terms of Service<\/a> apply.<\/p>\n after newsletter promotion<\/p>\n Fofana, who missed a large part of last season after injuring his hamstring in December, is expected to play some part against West Ham. \u201cI spoke with Wes every day, he\u2019s very happy, first of all because he\u2019s back from injury, he\u2019s joining all the sessions with us,\u201d said Maresca. \u201cHe was on the bench just to be with us but from [Friday] he can get some minutes.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are happy, he is happy. 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