West Ham sack Potter, Espirito Santo tipped to take over

West Ham sacked caput manager Graham Potter connected Saturday aft lone 9 months successful charge, with erstwhile Nottingham Forest brag Nuno Espirito Santo tipped to instrumentality implicit the nine which is languishing 19th successful the Premier League.

Potter, 50, is the 2nd Premier League manager to suffer his occupation this play aft taking implicit the troubled London Stadium nine successful January, erstwhile they were successful 14th position.

“Results and performances implicit the people of the 2nd fractional of past play and the commencement of the 2025/26 play person not matched expectations,” the nine said successful a statement.

“The committee of directors judge that a alteration is indispensable successful bid to assistance amended the team’s presumption successful the Premier League arsenic soon arsenic possible.”

West Ham person picked up conscionable 3 points from their opening 5 Premier League games and are owed to look Everton connected Monday.

Reports successful the British media person tipped Portuguese manager Espirito Santo arsenic Potter’s successor.

The 51-year-old erstwhile Wolves and Spurs brag was sacked by Forest proprietor Evangelos Marinakis 3 weeks agone owed to mediocre idiosyncratic relations.

He lifted Forest to European contention for the archetypal clip successful 30 years past season, but Marinakis was upset they fto gaffe a promising accidental to suffice for the Champions League.

Former Chelsea and Brighton brag Potter won lone six of his 25 matches since January having replaced Julen Lopetegui, who lasted lone 22 matches aft taking implicit from long-serving brag David Moyes.

A 3-0 triumph astatine Nottingham Forest past period provided immoderate respite, but West Ham went down by the aforesaid people to Tottenham aft the September planetary interruption and different London nonaccomplishment to Crystal Palace past play proved the last straw for Potter.

Potter admitted past Saturday that their latest setback, the 2-1 location decision against Crystal Palace, was a “tough moment” arsenic helium and his squad were booed disconnected astatine the last whistle.

The nine confirmed that adjunct manager Bruno Saltor, archetypal squad coaches Billy Reid and Narcis Pelach, pb goalkeeper manager Casper Ankergren, and goalkeeper manager Linus Kandolin person besides near with contiguous effect.

“The process of appointing a replacement is underway. The nine volition beryllium making nary further remark astatine this time,” the nine connection added.

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