Graham Potter employed as new West Ham supervisor after Julen Lopetegui sacking

West Ham named former Chelsea boss Graham Potter as their new supervisor on Thursday after
sacking Julen Lopetegui final night time. The 49-year-old Potter has been signed on a two-and-a-half-year contract and marks a return to administration after being sacked at Chelsea in April 2023, simply seven months right into a five-year contract. He gained 12 of his 31 matches in cost.

The Hammers are 14th within the Premier League, seven factors above the relegation zone, after six wins in 20 league matches throughout former Spain and Actual Madrid coach Lopetegui’s ill-fated tenure.

A 4-1 hammering at champions Manchester Metropolis on Saturday was the ultimate straw for the London membership.

“I’m delighted to be right here,” mentioned Potter. “It was vital to me that I waited till a job got here alongside that I felt was proper for me, and equally that I used to be the precise match for the membership I’m becoming a member of.

“That’s the feeling I’ve with West Ham United.”

Who’s Graham Potter?

Potter started his managerial profession at Swedish membership Ostersund and had profitable spells with Swansea and Brighton earlier than taking on at Stamford Bridge.

His first match will likely be when West Ham face Aston Villa within the FA Cup third spherical on Friday previous to Premier League matches towards Fulham and Crystal Palace.

Lopetegui was the fifth Premier League supervisor to lose his job this season, following the sackings of Erik ten Hag (Manchester United), Steve Cooper (Leicester), Gary O’Neil (Wolves) and Russell Martin (Southampton).

West Ham have been among the many largest spenders within the Premier League in the summertime switch window, forking out round £125 million ($155 million) on gamers together with Max Kilman, Crysencio Summerville and Niclas Fullkrug.

“My conversations with the chairman and the board have been very optimistic and constructive,” mentioned Potter.

“We share the identical values of laborious work and excessive power to create the strong foundations that may produce success.

“And we’re on the identical wavelength by way of what is required within the quick time period after which how we wish to transfer the Membership ahead within the medium to long run.”

With company inputs