West Ham United on Thursday named former Brighton and Chelsea boss Graham Potter as its new head coach, after sacking Julen Lopetegui on Wednesday.
It’s Potter’s first job since being sacked by Chelsea in April 2023, and he has agreed to a contract till June 2027 with the east London membership.
“I’m delighted to be right here,” Potter was quoted as saying on West Ham’s web site.
“It was essential 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 proper match for the membership I’m becoming a member of.”
“That’s the feeling I’ve with West Ham United. My conversations with the chairman and the board have been very constructive and constructive,” continued the coach.
West Ham is 14th within the Premier League with 23 factors from 20 video games, and one in all Potter’s first duties shall be to tighten a protection that has conceded 39 league objectives.
“We’re on the identical wavelength when it comes to what is required within the quick time period after which how we need to transfer the membership ahead within the medium to long run,” he mentioned.
West Ham’s subsequent recreation is an FA Cup tie away to Aston Villa on Friday, adopted rapidly by a Premier League recreation at house to Fulham on January 14.
