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West Ham have sacked supervisor Julen Lopetegui after six months in cost following 9 defeats and 6 wins of their first 20 video games of the Premier League season.
The Hammers had a internet spend of £85.2 million through the summer time however are 14th after their 4-1 defeat at Manchester Metropolis on Saturday, seven factors above the relegation zone.
“The primary half of the 2024/25 season has not aligned with the membership’s ambitions,” a West Ham assertion stated, including that they’ve acted to satisfy their “aims”.
A 5-0 defeat towards Liverpool on December 29 prolonged their poor dwelling kind to at least one win in 5 matches, having began the marketing campaign with three successive losses at London Stadium.
West Ham United can affirm that Head Coach Julen Lopetegui has right this moment left the Membership.
— West Ham United (@WestHam) January 8, 2025
Subsequent West Ham supervisor: Graham Potter?
Graham Potter is extensively anticipated to succeed Lopetegui, with BBC Sport reporting that the previous Chelsea, Brighton & Hove Albion and Swansea Metropolis supervisor has held talks about stepping in, initially on a short-term foundation.
Lopetegui’s scheduled press convention on Wednesday was cancelled earlier than the 58-year-old took coaching in preparation for his or her FA Cup third spherical tie at Aston Villa on Friday (8pm GMT).
Assistant supervisor Pablo Sanz, head of efficiency Oscar Caro, head analyst Juan Vicente Peinado, health coach Borja De Alba and technical coach Edu Rubio have additionally left West Ham.
The Hammers return to Premier League motion at dwelling to ninth-placed Fulham on January 14 (7.30pm) earlier than the go to of Fifteenth-placed Crystal Palace 4 days later (4pm).
Potter’s first league away sport in cost might be at eighth-placed Villa on January 26 (4.30pm).
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