Dissatisfied with Julen Lopetegui, West Ham decided to entrust the keys to its first team to Graham Potter (49 years old). The Hammers just announced the news this Thursday morning. “West Ham United are delighted to welcome Graham Potter as the club’s new head coach. The 49-year-old joins the Hammers on a two-and-a-half year contract and will take charge of his new side for the first time when the Hammers travel to Aston Villa in the FA Cup third round on Friday night. A highly respected and sought-after manager, Potter was waiting for the right opportunity after leaving his last role at Chelsea in April 2023, and was the unanimous choice of the board to take the club forward in line with its goals and ambitions.
Happy to return to service, Potter, who has been free since leaving Chelsea, confided: “I’m delighted to be here. It was important for me to wait for a position to come to me and for me to feel that I am the right candidate for the club I am joining. That’s the feeling I have with West Ham United. My conversations with the President and the Board of Directors have been very positive and constructive, we share the same values of hard work and energy to create the solid foundations that can produce success, and we are on the same page. wave in terms of what is needed in the short term and then how we want to move the club forward in the medium to long term. West Ham United are a huge club, in the heart of London, with a huge fan base and great support around the world. I saw the scenes following their Europa Conference League victory in 2023 and it was clear that this club had everything in place for consistent success, on and off the pitch. The club has made a lot of progress in recent years and has built on solid foundations. You don’t win a European trophy by chance. For this to happen, a football club must have good foundations. The challenge now is to build on these foundations and build the next steps, developing a team and a club that supporters can be proud of.” The adventure can begin.
