Inside Graham Potter’s plan to break the mould at West Ham - New Hammers manager is determined to deliver style and substance after positive start to long-awaited comeback

The new head coach has a tough run of games in the capital to start his tenure and both he, and his team, have struggled in these fixtures

There will be no more bubbles blown for Julen Lopetegui at West Ham, who fired the Spanish coach on Wednesday and announced Graham Potter as his replacement. Potter has signed a two-and-a-half-year contract and was unveiled as the club’s new manager at a press conference on Thursday.

Graham Potter welcomed his first win at West Ham but admitted the performance was “far from” what he wants to see long-term. The Hammers won their first home match under Potter as they beat Fulham 3-2 at the London Stadium on Tuesday night.

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Julen Lopetegui has been fired by West Ham after less than a year in the job and with the Premier League club in danger of being dragged into a relegation fight.

This was a West Ham performance “of high effort”, Potter added. Accomplished performances more closely following the Potter playbook will no doubt come in time, but success in his first home game in charge was always going to be chiefly measured by the scoreline.

West Ham United are eyeing Fulham striker Rodrigo Muniz to bolster Graham Potter’s frontline in January, ExWHUEmployee has claimed. The Hammers are said to be long-term admirers of the Brazilian forward,