West Ham have sacked manager Julen Lopetegui after losing nine and winning six of their first 20 Premier League games of the season.
The Hammers had net spending of £85.2m in the summer but are 14th after Saturday’s 4-1 defeat at Manchester City, seven points above the relegation zone.
“The first half of the 2024/25 season is not in line with the club’s ambitions,” West Ham said in a statement, adding that they had worked to meet their “objectives”.
A 5-0 defeat to Liverpool on 29 December extended their poor run of home form to three consecutive defeats at the London Stadium and one win in five.
West Ham have confirmed that manager Julen Lopetegui has left the club today.
— West Ham United (@WestHam) January 8 2025
Next West Ham manager: Graham Porter.
Graham Potter is widely expected to succeed Lopetegui. Athletics Chelsea The former Brighton & Hove Albion and Swansea City manager has agreed a two-and-a-half-year contract and will take charge of Friday’s FA Cup third-round tie at Aston Villa.
Englishman Potter, a clear favorite with the bookies, has reinvented Brighton’s form for more than three years and the Seagulls have climbed to fourth in the table after six league games in 2022/23, including 11 losses in 31 months, only to end up less than seven games after his move to Chelsea.
The Hammers will play a Premier League match at home to Fulham on January 14 at 7:30 p.m.
Potter’s first league away game will also be at eighth-placed Villa on January 26 (4.30pm).
West Ham United have officially confirmed that coach Lopetegui has been sacked. pic.twitter.com/bU7uSveVEL
— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) January 8 2025
Lopetegui was sent off.
Lopetegui’s scheduled press conference on Wednesday was canceled ahead of the 58-year-old’s training session in preparation for the trip to Villa Park.
assistant coach Pablo Sanz; Oscar Caro, Head of Performance; Analyst Juan Vicente Peinado; Fitness coach Borja De Alba and technical coach Edu Rubio have also left West Ham.
Spain real Madrid, Porto The Spaniard, whose managerial career has included spells at Wolves and Sevilla, was chosen to replace David Moye in May but soon came under pressure.
Moraes won West Ham’s first European trophy since 1965 by lifting the 2022/23 Conference League for the second time in a four-and-a-half-year reign.
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