Struggling West Ham fires Potter after 5 games of the Premier League season
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Soccer West Ham Potter Sacked FILE - West Ham's head coach Graham Potter sits on the bench prior to the English Premier League soccer match between West Ham United and Crystal Palace at the London Stadium in London, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, file) (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved) (Kin Cheung/AP)
Soccer West Ham Potter Sacked FILE - West Ham's head coach Graham Potter reacts during the Premier League soccer match between Chelsea and West Ham in London, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Dave Shopland, file) (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved) (Dave Shopland/AP)
Britain Soccer Premier League West Ham's head coach Graham Potter gestures during the English Premier League soccer match between West Ham United and Crystal Palace at the London Stadium in London, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved) (Kin Cheung/AP)
LONDON (AP) — West Ham fired manager Graham Potter on Saturday, just five games into the new Premier League season and two days before playing Everton in its next match.
The team is in next-to-last place after losing four of its league games so far and is already out of the English League Cup.
Potter took charge in January and led the London club to a 14th-placed finish last season.
“Results and performances over the course of the second half of last season and the start of the 2025-26 season have not matched expectations,” West Ham said, “and the board of directors believe that a change is necessary in order to help improve the team’s position in the Premier League as soon as possible.”
West Ham added that the “process of appointing a replacement is underway.”
Potter's backroom staff also have left.
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