{"id":163751,"date":"2025-09-27T12:12:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T12:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/163751\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T12:12:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T12:12:10","slug":"graham-potter-sacked-by-west-ham-as-expected-replacement-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/163751\/","title":{"rendered":"Graham Potter sacked by West Ham as &#8216;expected&#8217; replacement revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Graham Potter has been sacked by West Ham just five games into the Premier League season.<\/p>\n<p>Potter replaced Julen Lopetegui in January but won just six of his 25 games in charge of the club, losing 14.<\/p>\n<p>The West Ham statement confirming his dismissal read:<\/p>\n<p>\u2018West Ham United can confirm that Head Coach\u00a0Graham Potter\u00a0has left the Club.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Results and performances over the course of the second half of last season and the start of the 2025\/26 season have not matched expectations, and the Board of Directors believe that a change is necessary in order to help improve the team\u2019s position in the Premier League as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The Club can confirm that Assistant Coach Bruno Saltor, First Team Coaches Billy Reid and Narcis Pelach, Lead Goalkeeper Coach Casper Ankergren, and Goalkeeper Coach Linus Kandolin have also left with immediate effect.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The Board would like to thank Graham\u00a0and his coaching staff for their\u00a0hard work during their time with the Hammers and wish them every success for the\u00a0future.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The process of appointing a replacement is underway. The Club will be making no further comment at this time.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Jacob Steinberg of The Guardian claims Nuno Esp\u00edrito Santo \u2013 who was sacked by Nottingham Forest earlier this month \u2013 is \u2018expected to come in\u2019 as his replacement ahead of ex-Hammers boss Slaven Bilic and former Wolves boss Gary O\u2019Neil, who have also been linked.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/next-west-ham-manager-after-graham-potter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Will West Ham make sensible Nuno decision or go batsh*t again?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jamie Carragher won\u2019t be surprised by Potter\u2019s sacking having claimed on the Stick to Football podcast that he\u2019s had enough time to turn things around.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cIt\u2019s not early because Graham Potter\u2019s whole time there, since he came in, hasn\u2019t been good enough. It\u2019s not just the start of the season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think most people were probably thinking that he could lose his job off the back of Crystal Palace at home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe next two games are away at Everton and Arsenal, two tough games. I\u2019d be very surprised if Potter is the manager after the next two games.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>West Ham face Everton at Goodison Park on Monday, and when asked about his future ahead of that game, Potter claimed he had held \u201cpositive talks\u201d with the West Ham owners.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Speculation] doesn\u2019t affect me,\u201d Potter told reporters. \u201cIt\u2019s other people\u2019s job to create speculation. It\u2019s part of the noise of the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf results aren\u2019t good, then it happens and I expect that because they haven\u2019t been good enough. I have nothing to complain about in that perspective.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve spoken to the owners, as we do every week. They\u2019re positive talks but no-one is happy with where we\u2019re at and how we want to improve.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the same time, you have to look at the context of the situation and not get caught up in the noise\u2026 We\u2019re all the same. If you don\u2019t win enough, you\u2019re under pressure and scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the conclusion is that the results aren\u2019t good enough and the coach is the problem, then the consequences are the consequences. There is another way to look at it, but whether we do is another thing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Graham Potter has been sacked by West Ham just five games into the Premier League season. 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