West Ham United line up potential alternatives to Graham Potter after a nightmare start until 2025/2026, with one of the candidates extremely keen on moving to East London.
Graham Potter faces West Ham fire after a bad start
Potter’s winning percentage since he was in charge in January is a rather disastrous reading.
Of all West Hamgafers in Premier League history, his 26.1% low victory surpasses the victory of Avram Grant, who led the Hammer to relegation at the end of 2010/2011.
West Ham managers in the Premier League | Winning rate |
|---|---|
9. Sam Arardies | 30.7% |
10. Julen Lopetegu | 30% |
11. Gianfranco Zora | 27.8% |
12 Graham Potter | 26.1% |
13. AvramGrant | 18.9% |
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Defensively, the West Ham is cut like a hot butter knife. So far, it has shown serious weaknesses when dealing with sets while acknowledging more goals than any other top flight side.
The responsibility for West Ham’s unfortunate starting point is not solely at Potter’s feet until 2025/2026.
“You’re bringing in a player who’s used to losing to West Ham and saying, ‘Right now, we’re going to change the culture of that,'” Pundit Troy Deeney said last week.
“The way you do it with someone who is used to losing doesn’t make any sense mentally.
“In London homes, they are abused, and they will absolutely disappear.
“So, how do you expect him (Potter) to be a motivational one? What’s the message he’s going to wake you up? (Is he really saying you?)
“I feel sorry for him because he looks like a good guy, but I think certain teams need a certain manager.”
In any case, the overwhelming consensus is that Potter is missing out on time, and it is believed that Potter will be given a stay for execution until Arsenal’s match.
Slave Bilic “waiting” for an offer to manage West Ham
Of the candidates to replace Potter, Nuno Espirito Santo is reportedly currently in Paul’s position for a potential job at West Ham (former employer) but cannot discount former Iron boss Slaven Bilic.
The Croatian, a former West Ham player, was in charge between 2015 and 2017. Billick led West Ham to a seventh place finish at the end of his first campaign.
Currently, according to Givemesport, Bilic is ready to bring West Ham back, and is just “waiting” for a chance to meet up.
He is now in his hometown where he is closely monitoring the event. If Potter can’t turn things around against Everton and Arsenal, it appears he wants to take over from the age of 50.
Interestingly, despite other opportunities, West Ham is one of the two clubs that Billick will be involved in. Alongside another former club in West Brom.
West Ham must hire Nuno before Bilic
But we believe that Billick is not the right person to move them forward, as is evident by the fact that they have already fired him once. Nuno, on the other hand, is a completely different problem.
Portuguese stocks have returned to their all-time highs in Nottingham Forest after the 2024/2025 fairy tale.
Nuno was awarded a new contract just months before Marinakis spits out, and the idea of him leaving the forest after his achievements last year were previously unthinkable.
Taking into consideration his work with the wolves, Nuno has a track record of helping relegated aspects climb to the Premier League table, establishing himself as a European candidate.
Old Gold reached the Europa League quarterfinals in 2020 under Nuno’s leadership. Additionally, the 51-year-old has won the trophy from his time in Saudi Arabia.
Nuno led Al Ittihad to the SPL title solely to leave the Middle East a few months later. Currently, other free agents of his caliber are not available, so it is clear that the former goalkeeper should be given top priority to stabilize the ship after Potter’s inevitable exit.