West Ham sack Graham Potter, Nuno Espírito Santo named new manager | OneFootball

West Ham, second to last in the English Championship before the 6th round, announced this Saturday the dismissal of coach Graham Potter and the arrival of Portuguese Nuno Espírito Santo to lead the team.

“The results and performance in the second half of last season and at the start of the 2025/2026 season did not meet expectations,” explained the club in a statement to justify Potter's departure after just nine months of work.

Two days before facing Everton, the ‘Hammers’ have only three points in the first five rounds of the championship, achieved in a victory over Nottingham Forest, 3-0.

“The board considers that a change is necessary to help the team improve its position as quickly as possible,” the statement adds.

Hours later, West Ham announced the hiring of Nuno Espírito Santo, recently dismissed from Forest due to his conflict with the club's owner, the Greek billionaire Evangelos Marinakis, despite having qualified the northeast England team for the Europa League.

Last weekend, thousands of ‘Hammers’ fans protested against the board before the 2-1 defeat to Crystal Palace, displaying a banner with the phrase “Sold our Soul. 15 years of destroying West Ham United.”

The fans criticized president David Sullivan and vice-president Karren Brady for the lack of long-term investments, as well as for abandoning the historic Upton Park stadium in 2016 and the lack of consideration for the club's members.

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