West Ham will appoint Nuno Espirito Santo as their new manager, Claret & Hugh has been informed within the last five minutes.
The former Nottingham Forest boss has agreed to take the job, prompting the Hammers to confirm the departure of Graham Potter this morning.
It had originally been intended that Potter would lead the team against David Moyesâ Everton on Monday, which explains why he fronted the pre-match press conference. However, C&H understands the plan changed yesterday, paving the way for Nunoâs appointment.
Speaking to an agent moments ago, we were told simply: âYes, itâs Nuno.â
As ever, there was not unanimous agreement at board level, but a consensus has now been reached for the Portuguese coach to take charge.
Espirito Santo will be expected to bring with him what has been described as an ‘extensive’ backroom staff as Potter’s team look to leave. As reported earlier, Kyle Macaulay will also depart despite West Ham paying ÂŁ1m compensation to Chelsea.
As the saying goes, “Hope is not a plan”, but with this administration it is all we have for now. I am sure Nuno will prove to be a better bet than Potter and although you can never please all of the people all of the time, we should at least find out which players are worth keeping. For me, this appointment confirms that the board are completely clueless when it comes to defining a long term strategy for the club and choosing a coach to see it through, and for that reason I will be surprised if Nuno is still there in 27/28. It will be interesting to see how the players respond now.
Nuno EspĂrito Santo prefers a style of play with very low possession and a compact defensive setup. His teams rely heavily on quick counterattacks. This is hardly what you would call champagne football â itâs more a case of “parking the bus.” At the same time, itâs a simple and straightforward system, which makes it relatively easy to implement in a new team. However, many spectators would likely describe the football as rather dull to watch.
Graham Potter’s football philosophy, on the other hand, is based on high possession and a fluid, dynamic playing style. When it works, itâs a joy to watch â a game built on movement, creativity, and structure. At Brighton, recruiter Kyle Macaulay, together with owner Tony Bloom, assembled a squad that included players like Alexis Mac Allister, Leandro Trossard, Yves Bissouma, and MoisĂŠs Caicedo â fast, technical, and physically strong players. In other words: tailor-made for Potterâs system.
Personally, I think the players Kyle Macaulay has brought into West Ham look promising, although they haven’t yet had time to fully settle into the team. Potterâs playing style is entertaining, but it also comes with certain risks â thatâs the price you pay for a fluid and attacking approach. The system also demands committed players who are willing to fully adapt to the tactical framework. I believe Potter may not have inherited the ideal group of players when he took over.
From what Iâve seen of David Sullivan, Lady Brady, and Daniel KĹetĂnskĂ˝’s decisions, I would argue that Brightonâs Tony Bloom operates on a completely different level as a businessman. He also appears to have far steadier nerves and doesnât succumb to panic in the way that seems to be happening within West Hamâs leadership right now.
Itâs disappointing to see Graham Potter leave. I had really been looking forward to seeing a fired-up West Ham take on Everton.
About time !
Decent statement released by Potter, all credit due for that.
4 months late, but while out of the cup we do have 3 points on the board, earned against?
Our new manager.
The circus đŞ rolls on and will do until the clown 𤥠and his concubine are gone.
In our current predicament I would take two nil-nil draws in the next two games
NO MORE JWP hopefully given what happened at Notts Forest
I think that’s highly likely mate. Fingers crossed
Really hope that Nuno can organise a better defence than the one that leaked three at home to the worst team in the league last month.
Additionally play players in their preferred positions.
At least give Julio/Marshall/Magassa/Guilherme more game time.
Such a class act and professionally run club i cannot believe there is not a queue of managers a mile long wanting to work under such a forward thinking board!
With the provision of that no compensation was ever going to be paid to buy a manager out of a contract I have no axes to grind with this decision.
It was obvious that Potter had to go, there was not too much dallying, and Nuno is the best of the no compo to be paid managers.
I’ll get behind the gaffer as always, I suspect that significant improvements can be made just in choosing the right starting eleven. Maybe we’ll even get a new manager bounce.
This is a mess; one that dates back to Moyes’ second departure. Had the board been stronger in supporting the manager, he might still be at West Ham, and the ‘style-obsessives’ in our support may have been silenced by some good results and comfortable finishes. What do these people want? Relegation to justify their arguments? The situation is down to a small group of mouthy fans and people in the boardroom who listen to them.
Absolutely spot on. Knew this was coming the way certain fans been ridiculing Potter all week and going in two footed on the poor bloke.
This process is a perfect depiction of how West ham is being managed… Initially planning for Potter through two “will lose” games before sacking him, ending up with him leading the press conference and then being sacked next morning. It is just so extremely unprofessional and chaotic.
They should have sacked him after Spurs (as they knew they would sack him) and put Noble as a caretaker. Notes could also have conducted the press conference to rally the troops (players and fans), for the time to come…
Don’t think Noble would have been allowed, don’t think he’s got his badges. Would have been Robson or somebody
Fair point mate, did not think about that. Would still be an interesting idea to let him do the press conference if we had no manager at that time though, unconventional as it would be đ
Woohoo! Let’s hope Nuno can get our players well organised and playing as a team. Not really expecting a result at Everton but I hope we benefit from the new manager bounce. COYI !
There will be a bounce because we will no longer be playing teams that are in the current top seven like we have been in all the games so far.